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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. According to the Old Ones, what do the birds speak with?
(a) Words.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Syllables.
(d) Screeches.

2. What does the book of Gramayre send Will swimming through?
(a) Sharks.
(b) Deadly sharp coral.
(c) Whales.
(d) Dolphins.

3. On the way home from caroling, Paul tells Will that he would give anything to have a what?
(a) Piano.
(b) Sword.
(c) Trumpet.
(d) Flute.

4. The Rider tells Will that the great and noble book states that he cannot harm those of the same blood as who?
(a) The seventh son.
(b) Hawkin.
(c) The Stanton children.
(d) An Old One.

5. What is used in the package to cushion the present?
(a) Pillows.
(b) Palm leaves.
(c) Package peanuts.
(d) Styrofoam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the term for the rapid urgent collecting, which summons the hounds?

2. How many flames of Dark are there, according to the Walker?

3. What is another word for the hounds of doom?

4. What is Will, an Old One, fighting for?

5. Whose room does Will sleep in on Christmas Eve?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the rain significant to the villagers and to Will?

2. Why is Hawkin amazed that the Rider has dropped him?

3. What is the significance of the ancient legend of Herne the Hunter?

4. What is the importance of Will taking the white horse to the Hunter?

5. What is strange about the gift Stephen sent to Will for Christmas?

6. How does Will convince Paul that nothing strange is going on?

7. Why does Hawkin betray Merriman and the Light?

8. Why does Will feel torn during the Joining of the Signs section?

9. Why is the Dark's strike at the king's burial ship fitting?

10. How does Merriman use the weather to help Will with the Walker, and to help him against the Dark?

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