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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of Old One is Will, according to the Walker?
(a) An avatar.
(b) A new awake.
(c) An ancient one.
(d) A strong one.

2. When Will meets the Walker, what does he demand that the Walker give to him?
(a) The sixth sign.
(b) The packages.
(c) The second sign.
(d) The papers.

3. Where are Will and his brother, James, going to get hay to feed the rabbits?
(a) Dawson's farm.
(b) Grocery Store.
(c) Rook's Woods.
(d) Stanton Farm.

4. Where do Will, James, Mr. Stanton, and Max go on Christmas Eve morning?
(a) To Dawson Farm.
(b) To Huntercombe Manor.
(c) To the woods.
(d) To the city.

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

6. According to Merriman, how long ago did the kings of England preserve the forests that the Dark inhabit?
(a) 300 years ago.
(b) 1000 years ago.
(c) 200 years ago.
(d) 500 years ago.

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

8. According to James, girls have always been what since year one?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Birds.
(c) Rooks.
(d) Cats.

9. What does Mrs. Stanton call the old cardboard container?
(a) An old box of letters from Old George.
(b) An old box of poems.
(c) Frank Dawson's box of letters.
(d) A box of ornaments.

10. What does seeing the stranger in the black coat do to Will?
(a) It makes him feel hollow inside.
(b) It makes him whimper.
(c) It makes him feel scared.
(d) It makes him angry.

11. What impulsive comment does Will shout out to the bus conductor as he gets off the bus two days after his birthday?
(a) That he will be one of the forgotten ones.
(b) That he will soon make more money.
(c) That he will be an Old One soon.
(d) That it will be warm on Christmas Day.

12. What does Paul state is the reason Will's skylight broke?
(a) An icy latch that broke under the strain of the snow.
(b) The Dark pushed against it.
(c) Birds nested on it.
(d) A rusty latch.

13. What does Will hear before his world changes to another time?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Screaming.
(c) Music.
(d) A prayer.

14. What time does Mrs. Stanton want them back from caroling on Christmas Eve?
(a) Midnight.
(b) 9:30.
(c) 8:30.
(d) 10:30.

15. What does John Smith tell Will about Hunter's Combe?
(a) That nothing good comes along the road.
(b) That the road is filled with snow and to be safe.
(c) That nothing can harm him along the road.
(d) That the road is good for everyone who comes along it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is odd about the weather, according to the thin man with the pointed nose on the bus?

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

3. What happens to Merriman when Will starts talking to Max?

4. According to Merriman, what does the Dark do to good emotions?

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

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