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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 kind of sports injury led to Edgar abandoning all sports in high school?
(a) A hockey injury.
(b) A soccer injury.
(c) A baseball injury.
(d) A basketball injury.

2. What taste does Edgar describe permeating his mouth on the train ride in Chapter 6?
(a) Red wine.
(b) Battery acid.
(c) Chewing gum.
(d) Cotton candy.

3. What sports game does Jackson describe working on in Chapter 6?
(a) Thorpe 3D.
(b) War Quest.
(c) The Darkening.
(d) New World.

4. For how many years did Maria work as a social worker for the tribe before retiring?
(a) 12.
(b) 22.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.

5. Maria and Ernest's home overlooks what lake?
(a) Lake Huron.
(b) Lake Erie.
(c) Lake Tenkiller.
(d) Lake Potomak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the phrase "Ave atque vale" (9) translate to in English?

2. At whose house does Rae say she is staying tonight when Edgar calls her from the motel in Chapter 2?

3. What language is the phrase "Ave atque vale" (9)?

4. According to the narrative in Chapter 3, what French writer "was in her forties when she was rumored to have had a sexual affair with her sixteen-year-old stepson" (38)?

5. What does Sonja see on the roof of the house in the end of Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Rae and what is her role in the novel?

2. What was Maria's profession before she retired? What did she do?

3. Why does Jackson tell Edgar to introduce himself as Jim in the Darkening Land?

4. What is the primary setting established in the Prologue and Chapter 1? Why is it important?

5. What is Wyatt like when he first arrives at the home of Maria and Ernest?

6. What event is related in the Prologue? Why is this important?

7. What are Sonja's situation and circumstances in the beginning of the novel?

8. What are Maria's circumstances and situation in the beginning of the novel?

9. Why does Edgar not go immediately home in the narrative?

10. How does Tsala describe time amongst the dead in Chapter 4?

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