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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 Merriman, what sign can release the country from the hold of the Dark?
(a) The sign of fire.
(b) The sign of wood.
(c) The sign of copper.
(d) The sign of bronze.

2. According to the Rider, what does he claim the Dark will take from the Old Ones?
(a) Their lives.
(b) The six signs.
(c) The Light.
(d) All the things of power.

3. According to Merriman, the peak of the Dark occurs during what time of year?
(a) At the end of Berkshire and the beginning of Buckinghamshire.
(b) At the end of Buckinghamshire and the beginning of Berkshire.
(c) At the end of the Londonshire.
(d) At the beginning of Ireland.

4. When does Merriman say the most dangerous peak of the Dark's power will come?
(a) A Christmas.
(b) At Twelfth Night.
(c) At the Winter Solstice.
(d) At his birthday.

5. What present does Stephen send to Will?
(a) A guitar.
(b) A giant carnival head.
(c) Comic books.
(d) A costume.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rings the Great Park, according to Merriman?

2. What does Hawkin tell Will that the Rider will exchange for his sister?

3. What is the term used to rally the hounds on the full chase?

4. What causes Will to realize the flood has come to his home?

5. What does the book of Gramayre send Will swimming through?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Will do with the third sign when he gets home?

3. What does Will's time with the book of Gramayre feel like?

4. For Will, what does the music that Paul plays on the flute mean?

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

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

7. In what ways does the Dark's power react in the Hawk in the Dark section?

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

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

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

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