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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who demands that Will show the first sign to him?
(a) The Walker.
(b) The Rider.
(c) Rooks.
(d) John Smith.

2. What does the stranger ask Will at the blacksmith's hut?
(a) To leave this time and place.
(b) To come to the dark side.
(c) To ride with him.
(d) To give him the ornament.

3. When James and Will return home from their walk, what does Will think is running out of his brother, James, like water?
(a) The memory of the rook attack.
(b) The memory of their walk to the farm.
(c) The memory of their talks.
(d) The memory of who he is.

4. According to the lady, what does the Rider want with Will?
(a) To capture the white mare.
(b) To capture him.
(c) To stop the Light.
(d) To capture the sign.

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

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

7. What does Merriman tell Will are gateways through time?
(a) Doors.
(b) Pathways.
(c) Gates.
(d) The roads.

8. In the opening scene of Part One, what does James proclaim there are too many of?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Kids.
(c) Bedrooms.
(d) Presents.

9. What emotion describes how Will is feeling when he wakes on Midwinter Day?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Contentment.
(d) Terror.

10. What does Will ask the two strangers when he meets them?
(a) About the Walker and the Rider.
(b) About the time changes.
(c) About the iron ornament.
(d) About the snow.

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

12. What does the iron ornament do to Will's fingers?
(a) Cuts them.
(b) Burns them.
(c) Numbs them.
(d) Bruises them.

13. What does the fat lady say to the conductor about the weather at the beginning of The Walker on the Way?
(a) The Dark is trying to capture her.
(b) The Walker is on the way.
(c) More snow to come.
(d) The rooks are coming to harm him.

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

15. At the beginning of the Midwinter Day section, what wakes up Will?
(a) Screams.
(b) Rooks.
(c) James.
(d) Music.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do James and Will see for a second time when walking through the woods?

2. What does Will find in a big cardboard container when decorating the Christmas tree?

3. What happens to the radio station when Will walks by it after getting home from his walk with James?

4. When taking his shortcut home, what does Will do to the branch lying on the ground?

5. Where is Will's bedroom located?

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