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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 Mallenroh do to Hebel and Drifter?

2. What weapon took down Eventine?

3. What kinds of creature(s) lurched out of the broken Forbidding?

4. What surprised Wil?

5. What does he settle for instead of what he had previously decided upon asking for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had Hebel tried to make clear?

2. What did Eventine finally realize regarding Manx, and what did it take him to realize it?

3. Why had Amberle become scared?

4. Why was Amberle's transformation fitting, as well as Wil's involvement in that transformation?

5. How did Ander understand his brother's bitterness? What was the difference between them?

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

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

8. What made Amberle so fearful of the gifts the Ellcrys bestowed upon her?

9. Why didn't Allanon tell Amberle what her destiny was?

10. Why didn't Eretria have to go with Wil anymore?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Ellcrys' sentience. How do you think humanity would react if we found a sentient plant form? Do you think human nature would change? Why or why not? What would people be likely to do if they encountered a sentient being like the Ellcrys? What leads you to this conclusion?

Essay Topic 2

Briefly, this book discusses financial transactions over human lives in the sale of Eretria. How does this make you feel? Why is that? Do you think Eretria would have had a better life with her father than with the Rovers? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the King of the Silver River. What was it likely this character was? How do you know this? How might Amberle and Wil have been lost if not for the intervention of the King of the Silver River? Explain your answer.

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