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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Will eats breakfast with John Smith and Martha, what appears in the clearing?
(a) A white mare.
(b) Rooks.
(c) A black stallion.
(d) A donkey.

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

3. What phrase does Mr. Dawson repeat to Will when Will visits him Midwinter's Eve?
(a) The Walker seeks your soul.
(b) The Walker is abroad.
(c) The Walker is the Dark.
(d) The Walker is dangerous.

4. According to the Walker, what do the rooks guide toward them?
(a) The Lady.
(b) The Dark.
(c) John Smith.
(d) Merriman.

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

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

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

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

9. Who owns Huntercombe Manor?
(a) Miss Greythorne.
(b) Miss Huntercombe.
(c) Mrs. Merriman.
(d) Mrs. Grey.

10. According to Mrs. Stanton, who is Tom?
(a) One of the Stanton children who died.
(b) Mr. Dawson's son.
(c) Will's twin sibling.
(d) One of the Olsen's siblings.

11. What does Merriman accuse Will of doing every spring at Huntercombe Manor?
(a) Sneaking in to watch the flowers.
(b) Sitting down to drink tea.
(c) Sneaking onto the second floor.
(d) Breaking into the manor.

12. To Will, the red-haired man in the dark robes who is seated on his black stallion looks like what?
(a) A statue.
(b) Danger.
(c) A rook.
(d) A dark cloud.

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

14. What does Merriman tell Will about time for the Old Ones?
(a) Time is backwards.
(b) Time co-exists.
(c) Time is linear.
(d) Time remains in one direction.

15. What does Will's sister, Gwen, give him at the end of the Sign-Seeker section of the novel?
(a) A gift.
(b) A hug.
(c) A fruit pie.
(d) A kiss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has the Lady gone when she vanishes?

2. Why doesn't Will fall asleep right away when he gets into bed?

3. What happens to Will's family when he arrives back home from the other time?

4. How does Robin describe Will at eleven-years-old?

5. What happens to Will's family the morning of Midwinter Day?

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