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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. What news does the tiny give the night-hob about the Childlike Empress?

2. Where does Bastian hide once he is at school?

3. Who is the voice?

4. How does Bastian feel about his home life?

5. How old is Bastian when the book opens?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the owner of the bookstore where Bastian hides.

2. What is the mission that the messengers of Fantastica are on, as the first chapter opens?

3. Describe the scene when Atreyu returns from meeting with Uyulala.

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

5. Describe the book that Bastian finds in the store.

6. Describe Atreyu's recurring dreams.

7. Describe the gates to the Southern Oracle.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Forgiveness and redemption is a big theme in the book. Choose one of the following relationships and explain how redemption and forgiveness play a role in it.

1. Bastian and his father

2. Bastian and Eyola

3. Bastian and Mr. Coreander

4. Bastian and Atreyu

Essay Topic 2

Opposites are a theme in the book. Choose one of the following sets of opposites and use examples from the book to explain how they are opposites and how that helps them to interact.

1. Atreyu and Bastian

2. Perilin and Goab

3. The Empress and the Old Man of Wandering Mountain

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following characters and explain, in detail, what role they played in the book. Be sure to explain not just what they did and when, but also how it affected the other characters and the plot, as well as what point or moral they may have tried to instill to the reader.

1. Blubb

2. Morla

3 Eyola

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