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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the Midwinter Day section, what wakes up Will?

2. What does the Dark use to get Will to break the circle?

3. What does Mr. Dawson tell Will about Maggie?

4. What is odd about the weather, according to the thin man with the pointed nose on the bus?

5. Who tells Will that the tramp stole something from them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the fat lady's comments about the weather?

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

3. What role does Merriman play in Will's education?

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

5. What is the importance of the words of the carol that Merriman sings during Will and his family's caroling?

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

7. How does Will try to warn Old George Dawson about Maggie being an agent of the Dark?

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

9. What is odd about Hawkins?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is the act of catching someone out of time symbolic of being out of the loop or being frozen, suspended in time? Why is this power useful to Will and the Old Ones?

Essay Topic 2

Explain how the Book of Gramayre teaches Will what he needs to know, and how this book acts in concert with other events that have occurred during Will's experiences with the Old Ones.

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the Rider embodies the villain archetype and how his actions are typical of villains in fantasy novels.

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