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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. According to old Jacob, what is the cause of the bad season?
(a) Slackness regarding Purity standards.
(b) Winds blowing up from the south.
(c) People memorizing Nicholson’s Repentances.
(d) A bad winter.

2. According to Petra, what can everyone do in Sealand?
(a) Drive cars.
(b) Make thought-shapes.
(c) Easily identify a Deviation.
(d) Recite Nicholson’s Repentances.

3. What is the name of David’s younger sister?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Emily.
(c) Mary.
(d) Petra.

4. After the group introduced themselves to one another, they begin to do what?
(a) Share stories about the Fringes people.
(b) See the future.
(c) Wake each other up in the morning.
(d) Share what they learn in school.

5. What does David’s aunt ask his mother?
(a) To ask for a horse and wagon.
(b) To borrow some money.
(c) To borrow Petra.
(d) To hide in the Strorm’s basement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Axel tells David that praying to take away his ability is what?

2. Axel hints that David and the others may need to take what course of action, regarding Anne's marriage?

3. When Rachel finally sees Anne, what does she find?

4. What does David’s mother call her sister’s baby?

5. How does David’s mother react to her sister’s request?

Short Essay Questions

1. After listening to Petra’s description of the woman’s location, Sealand, what does David realize?

2. Once the group of telepathics “meet” one another, what do they begin to do? What effect does this have on them?

3. What is Axel’s opinion on what caused the bad season?

4. Why does Petra wake David in the middle of the night?

5. Why is Anne’s marriage a problem for David and the other telepathics?

6. How did the relationship between Rosalind and David grow? What stood in their way?

7. Who is Walter Brent? What happened to him?

8. What happens to Anne after she marries? How does her marriage to Alan end?

9. After Petra's dangerous adventure in the woods, what troublesome news does Axel give David?

10. Why does Anne insist on marrying a normal boy?

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