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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 does Vivi use a spell to replicate in the Prologue?

2. In Chapter 12, what does Sir Percival start doing?

3. In Chapter 9, what does Vivi notice glowing on Rhys?

4. In Chapter 7, what does Rhys begin to suspect about Vivi?

5. In Chapter 9, where are the ley lines?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rhys contact his father in Chapter 7?

2. When does Vivi begin to suspect she may have actually cursed Rhys?

3. In Chapter 7, how is Rhys almost seriously injured?

4. In the Prologue, why is Vivi so upset?

5. What does Simon say when Rhys wonders if Vivi may have hexed him?

6. What do Gwyn and Vivi do to see if it is Rhys that is coming to Graves Glen for Founder's Day?

7. When does Rhys begin to sense that Vivi might actually still have feelings for him?

8. In Chapter 9, how do Vivi and Rhys feel when they first see the ley lines?

9. What is special about the Penhallow family and its connection to Graves Glen?

10. What happens to Rhys when he arrives in Graves Glen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Sterling spends a significant amount of time developing the sexual tension and chemistry between Vivi and Rhys? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How and why does Sterling emphasize and explain the centrality of Graves Glen to the story early in the novel, and what expectation does this emphasis on setting set for the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

In the beginning of the novel, how does Sterling draw distinctions between how Rhys and Vivi remember their brief love affair from almost a decade earlier? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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