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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 Ven say he could hear in one man's voice when he listened to McLean?

2. What does Captain force Ven to do to cure him of the seashakes?

3. Where does Captain Oliver say the young folks stay in Serendair if they have nowhere else to go?

4. What is the name of Ven's sister?

5. What is the king's castle perched on top of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Captain Oliver tell Ven about the Floating Island?

2. How do Ven and Char meet Ida?

3. How does Ven blow up the ship?

4. How did Char get his name?

5. What do the winds tell Scroggins?

6. How does Captain Oliver take water from the river?

7. What does Ven hear on his first night at the Inn?

8. How are Nain different than humans?

9. How does Captain Oliver cure Ven's sea shakes?

10. How does Amariel help Ven?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Serendair to Vaarn, Van's homeland.

1. What are the differences between the two nations?

2. Why does Ven seem to prefer Serendair?

3. How do will his ideas of his homeland change now he has spent time in another country?

Essay Topic 2

How does the albatross help Ven? Why has the author chosen to use an albatross as a lucky symbol?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Ven's character to who he was at the beginning of the book to who he has become at the end.

1. What did Ven hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Ven's ideas about life?

3. How has Ven's character changed by the end of the book?

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