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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: The Finding; The Walker on the Old Way.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Dark use to get Will to break the circle?
(a) Will's impatience and hope.
(b) Will's hunger and sleepiness.
(c) Will's sadness and homesickness.
(d) Will's youth and immaturity.

2. As Will walks down what would have been Huntercombe Lane in his time, what doe he smell that makes his mouth water?
(a) Freshly baked bread.
(b) Stew.
(c) Roasting rabbit.
(d) Baked apple pies.

3. What happens to the radio station when Will walks by it after getting home from his walk with James?
(a) It turns off.
(b) It gets louder.
(c) It falls to the floor.
(d) It screeches.

4. According to Merriman, the next part of Will's quest depends on whom?
(a) The Walker.
(b) The Lady.
(c) Will.
(d) The Rider.

5. What does John Smith mean when he tells Will, "It is your privilege. Take hold of her mane where you can reach it, and you will see"?
(a) He means that Will cannot do what he wants.
(b) He means that he doesn't have to pay.
(c) He means that Will can walk on his own.
(d) He means that Will is chosen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character proclaims that the burden is "so heavy...And I've been carrying it for so long"?

2. What does Will's sister, Gwen, give him at the end of the Sign-Seeker section of the novel?

3. What does the iron ornament do to Will's fingers?

4. Whose room did Will's bedroom once belong to?

5. What does the fat lady say to the conductor about the weather at the beginning of The Walker on the Way?

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