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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the man that Jane and Mr. Dimble see on the horse when they search the campground?
(a) Ransom.
(b) The Head.
(c) Merlin.
(d) Maleldil.

2. What was found at the site of Hengest's murder that implicates Mark?
(a) Jane's pocketbook.
(b) A piece of paper with Mark and Jane's address.
(c) Mark's glove.
(d) Mark's wallet.

3. How are Wither and Frost attempting to communicate with the man they think is Merlin?
(a) They are using hand motions.
(b) They are using the Head to translate.
(c) They are writing everything down.
(d) They are speaking old langauges like Latin.

4. What is Mark's opinion of The Fairy after she tells him his wife is in danger?
(a) He feels she is a bully.
(b) He thinks she is as beautiful as ever.
(c) He trusts her implicitly.
(d) He knows that she is lying to him.

5. What do Jane and Mr. Dimble find as they head away from the vagrant camp?
(a) Merlin.
(b) Footprints that are not their own.
(c) A map.
(d) A path that leads to the well.

6. What does Frost receive while he is in the holding cell with Mark that makes him leave in a hurry?
(a) A message from the eldil.
(b) A telepathic warning from Wither.
(c) A package.
(d) A note.

7. Who is the one person who puts their trust in Ransom when everyone is accusing him of treachery after he speaks with Merlin.
(a) Mr.Dimble.
(b) Jane.
(c) Mr. MacPhee.
(d) Mrs. Maggs.

8. What does Merlin show fear of during his private conversation with Ransom?
(a) Failure.
(b) Memories.
(c) Death.
(d) Pain.

9. Where has Mr. Maggs been since the beginning of the book?
(a) At Belbury.
(b) At Bracston College.
(c) In prison.
(d) Lost in Bragdon Wood.

10. What does Mark agree to be trained in before Mr. Frost finally releases him and lets him eat?
(a) Subjectivity.
(b) Telepathy.
(c) Objectivity.
(d) Astronomy.

11. What effect does the coming of Venus have on the people at St. Anne's?
(a) The temperature rises, and a sweet breeze wafts through the room.
(b) Causes everyone in the house to feel regal and proud.
(c) Everyone finds himself with great courage.
(d) Everyone in the house becomes very cold.

12. According to Ransom, what is the only way for the good side to win this upcoming battle between good and evil?
(a) To wait for the N.I.C.E. to destroy themselves from within.
(b) To spread the word of what the N.I.C.E. are really up to.
(c) To have Merlin conjur up black magic attacks.
(d) To receive the Oyeresu themselves.

13. What do Mr. Frost and Mr. Wither fight about before Mark returns to Belbury in the hands of the police?
(a) The usefulness of Merlin.
(b) The usefulness of the Head.
(c) The usefulness of Jane.
(d) The usefulness of Mark.

14. What did Wither's men find in Bragdon Wood?
(a) A pile of dead bodies.
(b) Nothing.
(c) An army of Eldils.
(d) The empty chamber where Merlin was sleeping.

15. Who is the bearded man on the stone table that Jane sees in her dreams?
(a) Ransom.
(b) Maleldil.
(c) Merlin.
(d) Mr. Wither.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mark return back to Belbury instead of leaving to get Jane?

2. What does Mark want from Mr. Dimble when he sees him at the college?

3. What makes Mark want to belong to the N.I.C.E. after he had made the decision to resist them?

4. What makes Mark lose his resolve to distrust anyone at the N.I.C.E.?

5. What does the giantess in Jane's dream spread with her torch?

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