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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 Atreyu approached by bark trolls?
(a) The Silver Mountains
(b) The Grassy Ocean
(c) The Singing Tree Country
(d) The Howling Forest

2. Why isn't Bastian's mother present?
(a) She is at work.
(b) She is away visiting a friend.
(c) She is dead.
(d) Bastian's parents are divorced.

3. Blubb has been sent to inform whom about the Nothing that is spreading?
(a) Atreyu
(b) Bastian
(c) Gluckuk
(d) the Childlike Empress

4. Bastian sneaks out of the attic to do what, after he reads about the poisoning?
(a) find food
(b) hide somewhere else to read more
(c) see a friend
(d) go to the bathroom

5. What fact does Bastian learn about Atreyu that he can relate to?
(a) Atreyu is an orphan.
(b) Atreyu loves to play games.
(c) Atreyu is a hunter.
(d) Atreyu's favorite color is red.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the clock strikes three, Bastian takes a break from reading and does what?

2. When Atreyu falls from Falkor's back, what happens?

3. Which of these describes Bastian?

4. What kind of snail does the tiny insist that his snail is?

5. How does Bastian console himself when he is upset?

Short Essay Questions

1. What creature does Atreyu find chained in the ghost town and why does it tell him it is chained there?

2. Explain how Bastian winds up with the book in his possession.

3. What does the gnome tell Atreyu, in Chapter 5, after Atreyu is well?

4. Explain why the book appeals to Bastian so much.

5. Describe Atreyu's encounter with Morla.

6. What question does Atreyu ask the four Wind Giants and what happens as a result?

7. Describe the death of Atreyu's horse, Artax.

8. Describe Bastian's character in the prologue.

9. How does Bastian feel about himself in the prologue?

10. What is Cairon, the 500th doctor's mission?

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