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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Merlin greet Ransom when he realizes Ransom is the real leader at St. Anne's?
(a) Gets down on one knee and bows to him.
(b) Prostates himself on the floor until commanded to stand.
(c) Embraces him and kisses both cheeks.
(d) Shakes his hand warmly.

2. Whose protection is Jane putting herself under as they search for Merlin?
(a) Mr. MacPhee's.
(b) Maleldil's.
(c) Ransom's.
(d) St. Anne's.

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

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

5. What does Mark realize will happen to him if he does not comply with all Mr. Wither's demands?
(a) They will kill him.
(b) They will not allow him to be part of an exclusive group.
(c) He will never be promoted.
(d) They will fire him.

6. What happens to Mark when he leaves Mr. Dimble to think about leaving the N.I.C.E. for an hour?
(a) He is arrested.
(b) He is attacked.
(c) He sees Jane with another man.
(d) He falls asleep.

7. Why is Jane left out of the very important house meeting at St. Anne's after she meets the leader?
(a) They want her to go to Belbury to fetch Mark during the meeting.
(b) They need her to keep guard at the door while they confer.
(c) They do not want her to dream about the meeting.
(d) They are suspicious of her true ties to Belbury.

8. What happened to the old man's clothes before he was found in the wood naked?
(a) They were taken away to be sanitized.
(b) They were stripped off of him so that he could meet the Head.
(c) He never wore any.
(d) They were stolen.

9. What feeling does Mark have when Mr. Frost enters the room the police are holding him in?
(a) He feels relieved.
(b) He feels sick.
(c) He feels very afraid.
(d) He feels angry.

10. How is the Fairy able to give such a detailed report to Frost and Wither about what Mark has been doing in Edgestow?
(a) She made it all up to impress them.
(b) She has telepathic powers.
(c) She followed him.
(d) She has many agents in the area reporting to her.

11. Where does Mrs. Denniston tell Jane that Mr. Ransom will go instead of dying again?
(a) Mars.
(b) Deep Heaven.
(c) Middle Earth.
(d) Merlin's Well.

12. Why does Mark decide to pretend to progress in his new lessons at the N.I.C.E. after he decides to find a way to leave the N.I.C.E.?
(a) He has been brainwashed.
(b) He is starting to see the logic behind Mr. Frost's motives.
(c) He wants to try and become the leader so that he can make changes from the top.
(d) He knows he will be killed if he does not.

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

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

15. What makes Mark lose his resolve to distrust anyone at the N.I.C.E.?
(a) He is shown the full plan of the N.I.C.E.
(b) He is offered wealth and happiness.
(c) He is offered a spot in a prestigious group.
(d) He is threatened.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Straik and Wither do to Filostrato when Filostrato is taken to meet the Head?

2. What does Merlin show fear of during his private conversation with Ransom?

3. What was MacPhee doing while Ransom was answering Merlin's riddles?

4. What does Mark do when he sees the Head for the first time?

5. What was found at the site of Hengest's murder that implicates Mark?

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