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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Merlin, why has Jane not had a child yet?
(a) Her physical ailments.
(b) Her sins.
(c) Her pride.
(d) Her poor choice in a husband.

2. What do Jane and Mr. Dimble find at the campsite when they reach the source of the fire?
(a) A strange man.
(b) Mark.
(c) A donkey.
(d) Mr. Hingest alive.

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

4. What was MacPhee doing while Ransom was answering Merlin's riddles?
(a) Writing down the exchange.
(b) Watching intently.
(c) Reading a book.
(d) Sleeping.

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

6. Who is the real leader of St. Anne's?
(a) Jane.
(b) The eldils.
(c) Mr. Dimble.
(d) Mr. Ransom.

7. What old power are the evil eldils seeking?
(a) Ransom.
(b) Magic.
(c) The good eldils.
(d) Merlin.

8. What is the old man's chief concern while being held at Belbury?
(a) Eating.
(b) Meditating.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Healing.

9. What does Jane do that makes it impossible for Mr. Frost to spy on her dreams?
(a) She stopps having the dreams.
(b) She puts herself under the protection of an opposing force.
(c) She learns to control who has access to them.
(d) She receives a blessing from Ransom.

10. The author makes a reference to a place written about in the stories by J.R.R. Tolkein. What is the name of this place?
(a) Deep Heaven.
(b) Mordor.
(c) Eldils Well.
(d) Numior.

11. What does Merlin think Ransom and his followers should do to Jane?
(a) Let her rest.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Protect her.
(d) Embrace her.

12. According to Ransom, why has God chosen to use Merlin in this fight?
(a) This is a way for Merlin to repent of his sins.
(b) He is an unbiased party.
(c) He is from a time when dabbling in black magic was not yet evil.
(d) He has the power to create a plan that will lead to victory.

13. What does Mark do after he defeats the urgings of the bad eldil while in the room Frost left him alone in?
(a) He tries desperately to escape.
(b) He repeats the words "I do not belong here" over and over.
(c) He goes to sleep.
(d) He speaks with the eldil.

14. Why is Wither always so distracted?
(a) His intelligence is far beyond most people's and he is easily bored.
(b) He has trained his body to complete tasks of the day without mental attention.
(c) He is a double agent with Belbury and St. Anne's.
(d) He hears the voices of the Eldils constantly.

15. What causes Mark to reflect on his dealings with the N.I.C.E. with great clarity after being brought back to Belbury?
(a) He thinks he is about to be killed.
(b) He was given a mind clarifying injection.
(c) He spent a long time away from Belbury.
(d) He is crippled with fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Frost say Mark's murder charge was?

2. Why is it so hard for Jane, Ransom and Mr. Deniston to find the fence that Jane dreamed about?

3. Who offers to help Mark leave the N.I.C.E.?

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

5. What did the macrobes tell Frost that the fate of human beings is?

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