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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 Primus purchase for Tristran at the inn?

2. Where does Semele transform Tristran back to a human?

3. What is Tristran told to protect in his dream after the star leaves?

4. What does Tristran practice doing before seeing the star in the inn?

5. Who tells Tristran the truth about his birth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What allows the slave girl to be set free?

2. What does the Lilim do at the crossroads?

3. What is the only kind of magic Septimus possesses?

4. How do Tristran and the star get out of the cloud?

5. What happens when Tristran asks the woman with the bird for a ride to Wall?

6. What does Tristran do when the Lilim approaches him with the knives, and why?

7. What does the slave girl tell Tristran to do after she is freed, and why?

8. In what condition does the witch want the star's heart, and why?

9. What does Tristran dream about after the star leaves him?

10. How is Septimus killed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the literary tool of symbolism affect this plot, and what were some of the most important symbols?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What was the challenge issued by the Lord of Stormhold to become the heir, and how did this challenge shape the plot?

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