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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. What is the subject of the letter Henry’s mother wrote to him, as explained in Chapter 6?
(a) How to speak to alien creatures.
(b) How to travel to another planet.
(c) How to escape his father.
(d) How much she loves him.

2. According to Henry on page 289, what does he want to experience?
(a) Immortality.
(b) God.
(c) Touch.
(d) Emotion.

3. According to Henry in Chapter 6, what caused his mother’s death?
(a) An alien creature.
(b) Polio.
(c) Trying to reverse a spell.
(d) A demonic entity.

4. According to Ruby’s mother on page 220, who are the real magicians?
(a) Spirits of the ancient ones.
(b) Powerful white men.
(c) Old bearded wizards.
(d) Priests of esoteric religions.

5. According to Henry on page 289, what is he?
(a) A faded remnant.
(b) A faded clone.
(c) A faded replica.
(d) A faded echo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the country club where Caleb and Lancaster meet in Chapter 8?

2. What does Captain Lancaster rub all over Horace’s scalp in Chapter 7?

3. What dream is Ruby pursuing in the novel’s epilogue?

4. What does Caleb give Ruby on New Year’s Eve, as seen in Chapter 5?

5. Who opens the door to the Narrow house, as Montrose experiences in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Captain Lancaster defeated in Chapter 8?

2. What happens to Ruby on New Year’s Eve, as revealed in Chapter 5?

3. What comic book is inspired by Hippolyta? Who is the author of the comic book, as revealed in Chapter 4?

4. What objects begin stalking Horace, as explained in Chapter 7?

5. According to Henry on page 289, what is he? What does he want?

6. What was the expression in Ulysses’s eyes as he died? What was the reason for this expression, according to Montrose in Chapter 6?

7. According to Caleb at the end of Chapter 7, why did Captain Lancaster curse Horace?

8. What information does Henry reveal about his mother in Chapter 6?

9. Who is Ruby? Of what crime was she accused at the start of Chapter 5?

10. When does the epilogue take place? Briefly explain what each of the main characters is doing.

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