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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ven tell the king that he owes him?
(a) A ticket home.
(b) Money.
(c) His life story.
(d) A new boat.

2. What color are the king's robes?
(a) Midnight blue.
(b) Duck orange.
(c) Blood red.
(d) Sunset yellow.

3. What is inside the box the size of a bread loaf?
(a) Chocolates.
(b) Jigsaw pieces.
(c) Bones of birds.
(d) Pieces of glass.

4. What do the children borrow from Cadwalder to get to town?
(a) A horse and wagon.
(b) A transporter.
(c) Bicycles.
(d) A tow truck.

5. What is the name of the boy that visits Char and Ven at the cemetery?
(a) Gregory.
(b) Jack.
(c) James.
(d) Oliver.

6. What is the title of Chapter 17?
(a) A Friend in the Dark.
(b) Falling in Love.
(c) A Friend in Need.
(d) A Lucky Escape.

7. What does Gregory say makes the wind sound demonic?
(a) The trees.
(b) Dog whistles.
(c) The dog collars.
(d) The long grass.

8. What is the hammered truth?
(a) The truth of the law courts.
(b) The king's truth.
(c) Facts that are not hidden.
(d) The rules of the land.

9. What does Mr. Whiting say Trudy rules the Crossroad Inn with?
(a) A leather whip.
(b) A steel foot.
(c) A steel rod.
(d) An iron fist.

10. Who did the puzzle box once belong to?
(a) A Spice Folk.
(b) A Rover.
(c) A Lirin.
(d) A Springer.

11. What does the hooded figure tell Ven he can do for him?
(a) Get him out.
(b) Get word to his father.
(c) Give good word to the king.
(d) Get him better food.

12. What can rip through the scales of a Merrow?
(a) A pilot fish.
(b) Chain coral.
(c) Barb wire.
(d) A sword fish.

13. What was the name of the boat that Ven blew up?
(a) The Elizabeth.
(b) The Victoria.
(c) The Lizzie.
(d) The Angelia.

14. What does Mr. Whiting accuse accuse Captain Oliver of doing?
(a) Selling children to the Floating Island.
(b) Killing his crew.
(c) Selling chemicals to the fire pirates.
(d) Killing Nain.

15. What is the name of the jail that Ida and Char have been locked up in?
(a) Bigend Jail.
(b) Princeton Jail.
(c) Guinnea Jail.
(d) Kingston Jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the children find at the bottom of the pit?

2. What does the king want to hire to help him see the world more clearly?

3. What does Ven say Oliver used him for?

4. Who does Ven accuse of setting him up?

5. What does Amriel's father say that some secrets fester like?

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