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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Will has the branch, who grabs him from behind and demands that he stop what he is doing?
(a) The Walker.
(b) The Lady.
(c) Stephen.
(d) Merriman.

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

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

4. When taking his shortcut home, what does Will do to the branch lying on the ground?
(a) Steps on it.
(b) Sets is ablaze.
(c) Breaks it.
(d) Picks it up.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When James and Will return home from their walk, what does Will think is running out of his brother, James, like water?

2. In the opening scene of Part One, what does James proclaim there are too many of?

3. What does Paul state is the reason Will's skylight broke?

4. According to Merriman, the next part of Will's quest depends on whom?

5. At the beginning of the Sign-Seeker section, what is engraved on the two towering oak doors?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Will demonstrate his immaturity when the Dark begins to rise?

2. What is the importance of music in the Midwinter Day section of the novel?

3. In the opening chapter, Midwinter's Eve, how does the author use Mr. Dawson to foreshadow events that happen to Will later that night?

4. Why does Will's father state, "There's your ceremony, Will. Right on time"?

5. What is unusual about Will and his siblings' visit to Miss Greythorne's manor for caroling?

6. Why does Maggie claim the Walker stole the sign from her?

7. How does the author demonstrate that something strange is happening to Will?

8. What are the parallels between the Rider's black stallion and the white mare that Will commands?

9. Why does Maggie place the Walker out of time?

10. How does the animals' behavior foreshadow what happens to the tramp in the woods?

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