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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What occasionally created problems for the Taltos when they were in their "paradise"?
(a) Illness.
(b) Fighting among themselves.
(c) Pestilence.
(d) Old age.

2. What can witches recognize on sight concerning the Taltos?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Whether the male Taltos is able to have children since most of them cannot.
(c) That a person is a Taltos.
(d) Whether the female Taltos is pregnant with a human child.

3. What does Ash propose to Rowan?
(a) To mate with Mary Jane.
(b) To help her find Mona.
(c) An affair.
(d) To help them with magic.

4. Why did many Taltos leave their paradise?
(a) It became boring.
(b) It was found by humans.
(c) It became chaotic.
(d) It was too crowded.

5. What did Lasher reveal to Michael?
(a) A history of Lasher's life from the 1500's.
(b) Ash's genealogy.
(c) Mona's pregnancy.
(d) Rowan's cruel treatment of Lasher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can the Taltos recognize on sight concerning witches?

2. Who do Taltos recognize on sight?

3. What does the tolling of the bell indicate at the Motherhouse?

4. What do the humans call the Taltos when they first begin a village among the humans?

5. What intrigued the Taltos about the human children?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ash begin the story of the Taltos?

2. How does Ash come to write the book Stuart had in his possession?

3. What happens to Marklin and Tommy at the Motherhouse after the funeral for Stuart?

4. How did many Taltos women die, and what happens when a Taltos dies? Why was life good for the Taltos?

5. What does Ash propose to Rowan, what is her reply and what does Ash say he will share with them?

6. What does Ash say about how the Taltos first lived peaceably with humans?

7. What does Mona tell Mary Jane about her baby and what do they decide to do?

8. How does Ash hear about Christianity and how does he feel about that religion?

9. What does Ash say about Taltos traits and where did the Taltos develop? What usually caused a Taltos to die?

10. What is Morrigan doing while Doctor Jack is there and how does he meet her? What is he told about Morrigan?

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