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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 is the title of Chapter 5?

2. How old is Antain described as being in Chapter 2?

3. What color is Luna's hair?

4. What does Antain claim to have seen before the Council in Chapter 24?

5. What is Fryrian said to be prone to, causing Xan to keep him from getting close to the baby in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Zosimos? What is his importance in the story?

3. What does Grand Elder Gherland advise his nephew to do in Chapter 6?

4. What is the purpose of the Day of Sacrifice?

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

6. How has Luna changed when she awakens after Xan's spell in Chapter 14?

7. Why does Antain want to speak with the madwoman in the Tower?

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

9. What is the spell that Xan creates to control Luna's magic in Chapter 11?

10. From whose perspective is Chapter 20 related? To whom is this narrator speaking?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What caused the most recent eruption of the volcano? How is this eruption described? What stopped the eruption from destroying the Protectorate and the world?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and analyze the character of Sister Inatia in the novel. How old is Sister Ignatia? What is the role of the Sisters of the Star in the Protectorate? Is Sister Ignatia a protagonist or an antagonist? Why?

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of the Bog in The Girl Who Drank the Moon? Where is the Bog located? How is the Bog tied into the citizens' of the Protectorate belief systems?

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