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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. What is the ancient kind of symbol dating back to sun worship?
(a) The sundial.
(b) The sphere.
(c) The mandela.
(d) The cross.

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

3. Why doesn't Will go near the family's two dogs?
(a) He doesn't like them.
(b) They snarled at him.
(c) He fears they will reject him.
(d) The dogs are ill.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Stanton call the old cardboard container?

2. What emotion describes how Will is feeling when he wakes on Midwinter Day?

3. What does Mr. Stanton say about what happened to Will's ornament letter?

4. Where is Will's bedroom located?

5. Who demands that Will show the first sign to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the importance of the Rider asking Will to break bread with him?

2. What affect does the Lady have on Will's emotions and behavior?

3. Why does Will use his powers to put the branch on fire?

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

5. What does the Walker mean when he states, "It's so heavy...I've been carrying it for so long."

6. What is the importance of the white mare appearing to Will in the woods?

7. What role does Huntercombe Lane play in the second section, Midwinter's Day, of the novel?

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

9. What ordinary Christmas decoration does Mr. Dawson persuade the Stantons to take with them?

10. Why are the tapestries important to Will?

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