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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies in the Swamps of Sadness?

2. What does Atreyu see when he awakens after being transported by the poison?

3. Why isn't Bastian's mother present?

4. Where does the Childlike Empress live?

5. Bastian decides to run away for how long?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ygramul the Many?

2. When Bastian is very hungry, after reading about Atreyu eating rotten food in the ghost town, describe who he thinks of and why.

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

4. Describe Bastian's character in the prologue.

5. Explain how the geography of Fantastica works.

6. Why does Falkor suggest that they go to the Ivory Tower instead of trying to find the borders of Fantastica, after they leave the gnomes?

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

8. Who is Uyulala?

9. Why does Bastian admit to Mr. Coreander that his schoolmates tease him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what each of the three Southern Oracle gates represents. What lessons do they teach? How are those lessons applied, later in the book?

Essay Topic 2

The book is full of symbolism. Choose one of the following situations and explain what it symbolizes and what lessons it teaches:

1. Bastian changing into the Empress' image of him

2. Bastian wounding Atreyu with Sikandra

3. Bastian's encounter with the Know-Nothings

Essay Topic 3

Much of the story is about the power to manipulate people or events. Using examples from the story, as well as daily life, explain ways in which people try to manipulate both other people and situations. Do you feel that it is ever good or necessary to try to manipulate others or a situation? Explain your answer in detail.

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