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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 does Tristran offer to the animal attacking the lion?

2. Who has the 81st Lord of Stormhold called to his bedroom?

3. Where do the Lilim live?

4. What did Tristran come home with after being sent away during the first fair of his life?

5. Who walks Tristran to the wall when he says he is leaving his home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the slave girl tell Dunstan she wants when they are in the meadow together?

2. What amazing gift does Charmed give to Tristran?

3. What does the star do when she sees the unicorn?

4. What happens when Tommy and Alum fight over Bridget?

5. How is Tristran able to get through the gap in the wall when no one is allowed?

6. What do Victoria and her friends talk about when they are discussing Mr. Monday?

7. What happens when the star falls into the forest?

8. What happens to Brevis in the marketplace?

9. How long might it take for Tristran and the star to reach Wall, and why?

10. What is Dunstan looking for when he finds the slave girl, and what does he buy from her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who are some of the people who felt obligated to protect the star, and how did they go about doing this?

Essay Topic 2

Violence was something that is resorted to a number of times in this book, and yet some characters felt justified in their violent actions. Who are some of these characters, and how did their feeling about violence affect their place in the plot and the characters who were in contact with them?

Essay Topic 3

Septimus and the Lilim are two characters who exhibited some extreme anger. How did they react to this anger, and how were their lives affected by this extreme anger?

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