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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Chapter 24's title?
(a) "In Which Antain Presents a Solution."
(b) "In Which a Story Contains a Hint of Truth."
(c) "The Sisters of the Star."
(d) "The Witch of Washington Avenue."

2. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) "In Which a Witch Accidentally Enmagics an Infant."
(b) "The Witch of Washington Avenue."
(c) "In Which It Was Just a Dream."
(d) "In Which Antain Gets Himself in Trouble."

3. What does Xan claim is dangerous in Chapter 14?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Rebellion.
(d) Love.

4. At what age does Xan say that Luna will awaken to her magic after she has cast the spell in Chapter 11?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 13.
(d) 20.

5. What color is associated with Xan's magic?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 22?

2. Who are the guards that the Grand Elder summons to take the child from its mother in Chapter 2?

3. In Chapter 2, the narrator says that the Protectorate is known by some as the City of Sorrows and by what name by others?

4. The narrator states in Chapter 18, "Knowledge, in its essence, was" what (143)?

5. What is the title of Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Antain's first five years as an Elder-in-Training in Chapter 6?

2. Why do Luna and Xan stop in the town called Misery during their journey to the Free Cities in Chapter 19?

3. Where is the Protectorate located? Why is its setting important?

4. How is Xan's appearance described when she first appears in Chapter 3?

5. How is the setting of Fyrian's dream in Chapter 21 described?

6. From what narrative point of view is Chapter 1 related? How is this point of view established?

7. What does Antain do after he leaves the Elder-in-Training apprenticeship?

8. What is the meaning of the title of Chapter 17: "In Which There Is a Crack in the Nut"?

9. How would you describe the mood or atmosphere in the opening of the novel?

10. What is the meaning of the Bog to the citizens of the Protectorate?

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