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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Vane taken?
(a) To a shining bridge.
(b) To an underground cave.
(c) To a wretched village.
(d) To a mountain peak.

2. What does the woman offer Vane for a safe transit home?
(a) Shelter.
(b) Money.
(c) Sex.
(d) Directions out of the city.

3. Who is Astarte?
(a) Cat-woman's messenger mountain lion.
(b) Cat-woman's messenger dove.
(c) The Queen of the Stars.
(d) Cat-woman's messenger panther.

4. What does Vane do when the Ravens leave?
(a) Writes a poem.
(b) Flees wildly.
(c) Awakens.
(d) Sleeps.

5. For what does the woman who has come back from death ask?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her clothes and jewels.
(c) Her paints.
(d) Her son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is running parallel to Van at the opening to chapter 21?

2. How do the prayers rise from the church?

3. What happens when the woman panics when she and Vane reach her home?

4. What does Vane see when he creeps back into Bulika that night?

5. What happens to the woman when she falls?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the skeleton couple Vane meets.

2. What does Raven call the place where Mr. Vane is and what odd things are there?

3. What does Lona tell Vane about Little Ones and what is his response?

4. Why does Vane decide to go on his own to Raven's world and what sort of reception does he get from Raven?

5. What does Mr. Vane ask of the raven and how does the raven respond?

6. To where does Mr. Vane follow the figure who appears and disappears?

7. How does Raven explain the sleepers?

8. What comforts Vane about his father and what does Vane postulate about his father's death?

9. What happens when Vane catches up to the woman?

10. Why does Vane follow the woman?

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