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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. What did the old man on the mountain encounter that prevented him from going after Wil and Amberle?

2. What had caused Wil injury?

3. Who was tending Wil's injuries?

4. What did Ander believe was fortunate?

5. What does Wisp consider a game?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Allanon find strange?

2. What was Hebel's reason for joining the mission into the Hollows?

3. How did the Demons react to Eventine's fall? How did Ander react?

4. Why had Amberle become scared?

5. How did Eretria know how to find Wil?

6. What kind of enchantment did Wil and Eretria witness?

7. How will the army divide and why?

8. What is the riddle through the glass door that does not break and where is the bloodfire?

9. What tactic works best at getting Wisp to reveal information?

10. What had happened to Allanon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Wil's inconsistent ability to control the Elfstones. Why was this a reflection upon himself? How was Allanon correct in that it really depended in the strength of the person wielding the stones as to the outcome of their power?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Stor's only accepting Gnomes to be healers. How does this effectively limit the applicants to strictly gnomes and therefore create a stagnation of talent and abilities? Refute or support that statement using three sources not including the Elfstones of Shannara.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the proprietress' delight at the relief of her pain, even temporary. Is her reaction understandable, or a product of a fantastic mind? How? What leads you to this conclusion?

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