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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. Outside the manor, which sign is burned into Will's forearm and causes the Rider to fall back?
(a) The sign of wood.
(b) The sign of bronze.
(c) The sign of copper.
(d) The sign of iron.

2. What does Mr. Stanton give Will's mother for Christmas?
(a) Roses.
(b) Shoes.
(c) A ring.
(d) A robe.

3. What is Will's delivered present arrive in?
(a) A suitcase.
(b) A carrier envelope.
(c) A box.
(d) A wooden crate.

4. Windsor Castle is located where?
(a) The woods.
(b) The moat.
(c) The Great Park.
(d) Outside of the manor.

5. What reason does Hawkin give for betraying the Light to the Dark?
(a) He is scared of Merriman.
(b) He is afraid of death.
(c) He is afraid of the Lady.
(d) He is angry with Merriman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will do with the rook feather?

2. What does the Walker summon from the book of Graymere?

3. According to the book of Gramayre, how many centuries did the Old Ones spend bringing their lands out of the Dark?

4. What type of singers have been singing Good King Wenceslas at the manor since the beginning of the manor?

5. After the Dark attacks after the church service on Christmas Day, what does Will do to try to stop the Dark?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Will learn about the snow and its links to the Dark?

2. Why does Hawkin betray the Light and the Old Ones?

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

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

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

6. What are the important plot events that happen after church service ends on Christmas Day?

7. What is the importance of the king's ship for this night?

8. What is unique about the book of Gramayre?

9. Why is Mary's kidnapping a test for Will?

10. What does the Lady mean when she says, "'Break the power of the cold. Stop the snow and cold and frost. Release this country from the hold of the Dark. All with the next of the circle, the Sign of Fire'"?

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