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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. When Will goes through the doors, who does he find waiting for him along the fireplace inside the manor?

2. What does the fat lady say to the conductor about the weather at the beginning of The Walker on the Way?

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

4. According to Merriman, the next part of Will's quest depends on whom?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the Rider seeking Will?

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

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

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

6. What is the importance of the third sign?

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

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

9. What are the parallels between the Rider's black stallion and the white mare that Will commands?

10. Why does Will's father state, "There's your ceremony, Will. Right on time"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the process by which the Book of Gramayre is protected and what effect this has on Hawkin.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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