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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Will want more than anything for his birthday?
(a) A new video game.
(b) Rain.
(c) A good book.
(d) Snow.
2. What does Mrs. Stanton call the old cardboard container?
(a) A box of ornaments.
(b) An old box of letters from Old George.
(c) An old box of poems.
(d) Frank Dawson's box of letters.
3. Where is Will's bedroom located?
(a) In the basement.
(b) With one of his brothers.
(c) In a guestroom.
(d) In the attic.
4. What does Will ask the two strangers when he meets them?
(a) About the Walker and the Rider.
(b) About the iron ornament.
(c) About the snow.
(d) About the time changes.
5. Who saves Will from being snatched by the rider?
(a) The blacksmith.
(b) James.
(c) Paul.
(d) Megan.
6. Where are Will and his brother, James, going to get hay to feed the rabbits?
(a) Rook's Woods.
(b) Grocery Store.
(c) Dawson's farm.
(d) Stanton Farm.
7. 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 rooks are coming to harm him.
(c) More snow to come.
(d) The Walker is on the way.
8. What does Paul state is the reason Will's skylight broke?
(a) The Dark pushed against it.
(b) A rusty latch.
(c) Birds nested on it.
(d) An icy latch that broke under the strain of the snow.
9. Why does Will silently rejoice as he takes in the snow-covered landscape?
(a) Because he was happy to be alive.
(b) Because he wanted to have a snowball fight with his brothers.
(c) Because he wanted the snow to fall.
(d) Because he wanted to sleep in.
10. According to Merriman, what does the Dark do to good emotions?
(a) Burns them.
(b) Twists them.
(c) Amplifies them.
(d) Cloaks them to darkness.
11. After Will has the branch, who grabs him from behind and demands that he stop what he is doing?
(a) The Lady.
(b) The Walker.
(c) Merriman.
(d) Stephen.
12. What does Will find in a big cardboard container when decorating the Christmas tree?
(a) The third sign.
(b) Hand-blown ornaments.
(c) Glass ornaments.
(d) Hand-carved ornaments.
13. Which character proclaims that the burden is "so heavy...And I've been carrying it for so long"?
(a) The Rider.
(b) The Walker.
(c) Merriman.
(d) The Lady.
14. Who comes to the door when Will and his siblings come to carol at Greythorne Manor?
(a) Maggie.
(b) The butler.
(c) The Lady.
(d) Merriman.
15. What does Will's sister, Gwen, give him at the end of the Sign-Seeker section of the novel?
(a) A hug.
(b) A fruit pie.
(c) A kiss.
(d) A gift.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the blacksmith stop Will from taking the stranger's food offering?
2. What does seeing the stranger in the black coat do to Will?
3. What happens to Will's family the morning of Midwinter Day?
4. What does Will pin over the door on Christmas Eve?
5. Who owns Huntercombe Manor?
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