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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 talks to Tristran in a dream after the star leaves?

2. What does Primus realize the moment he sees the star?

3. What direction must Tristran travel to get to Wall after leaving the sky-ship?

4. What do the six ghosts tell Septimus to do when he finds Primus's body?

5. What is laying on the nightstand in the star's room in the inn?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Morwanneg ask Semele when they meet at Diggory's Dyke, and how does she respond?

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

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

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

6. What are the three secrets Tristran is told after he wakes up in the woods?

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

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

9. How is Septimus killed?

10. What does Tristran do when he sees a colorful bird in a bush?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the unicorn's role in this book, and how did his presence alter Tristran's life?

Essay Topic 2

What are the three things the tree told Tristran, and how did this change his mission and motivations?

Essay Topic 3

What do you think was the most important motivating factor in this book, and why? Please support your idea with citations from the text.

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