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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 happens when the unicorn puts his horn in what the innkeeper brought for home?

2. What is Tristran told to listen to when he needs help the most?

3. Who tells Yvaine what will happen to her if she crosses the wall?

4. How does Tristran know the star is at the inn?

5. What is Tristran changed into by the owner of the bird?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the star so angry after being rescued by Tristran?

3. What does the star say to Primus when he sees the topaz around her neck?

4. What does the innkeeper do when the star approaches the inn?

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

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

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

8. What do Tristran and Yvaine realize when Tristran returns from Wall?

9. How does the woman with the bird react to the star?

10. Who is talking to Tristran when he wakes up from the dream after the star leaves him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the main elements of foreshadowing from this book, and how did their fulfillment shape the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

What counsel did Tristran get from the leaf, and how was the course of this plot altered by this counsel?

Essay Topic 3

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

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