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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: The Finding; Midwinter Day.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the blacksmith stop Will from taking the stranger's food offering?
(a) By burning wood to kill the scent of tantalizing food.
(b) By placing a hot iron between Will and the stranger.
(c) By placing a hot horseshoe on the horse.
(d) By placing a hot fist into the stranger's face.

2. Why doesn't Will fall asleep right away when he gets into bed?
(a) A feeling of anxiousness about his birthday keeps him awake.
(b) A feeling of fear of the dark keeps him awake.
(c) A feeling of love and happiness keeps him awake.
(d) A feeling of fear keeps him awake.

3. Why does Will silently rejoice as he takes in the snow-covered landscape?
(a) Because he wanted the snow to fall.
(b) Because he wanted to sleep in.
(c) Because he was happy to be alive.
(d) Because he wanted to have a snowball fight with his brothers.

4. What does Will notice is acting strangely toward him as he walks through the woods?
(a) The birds.
(b) The leaves.
(c) The squirrels.
(d) The trees.

5. What does Will want more than anything for his birthday?
(a) A good book.
(b) A new video game.
(c) Rain.
(d) Snow.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the opening scene of Part One, what does James proclaim there are too many of?

2. Where is Will's bedroom located?

3. Who saves Will from being snatched by the rider?

4. In the heap of snow that falls into Will's bedroom, what does Will see, but Paul doesn't?

5. What does the author mean when she writes, "He was crystal-clear awake, in a Midwinter Day that had been waiting for him to wake into it since the day he had been born..."?

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