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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. Venery tells Edgar in Chapter 9 that he named his oldest daughter after what band?
(a) The Velvet Underground.
(b) The Doors.
(c) The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
(d) Procol Harum.

2. What is the man begging with no legs in the street shouting to beware of in Chapter 9?
(a) The moon.
(b) The sun.
(c) Devil's Bridge.
(d) The A train.

3. Where does Venery say he met Jerry Garcia in Chapter 13?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) New York.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Wichita.

4. Who are referred to as the "little spirits" (89) in Chapter 10?
(a) The Nun-Yunu-Wi.
(b) The Nunnehi.
(c) The Jistu.
(d) The Yunwi Tsunsdi.

5. What was the band that Venery describes playing in when he met Jerry Garcia in Chapter 13?
(a) Venery and the Vibrations.
(b) Venery and the Voyeurs.
(c) Venery and the Vultures.
(d) Venery and the Vixens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the story that Wyatt reads to the kids at the shelter in Chapter 14?

2. Near what was the fire started, according to the news report in Chapter 17?

3. Where does Sonja go to see Vin (although she does not talk to him) in Chapter 11?

4. What is the name of the little girl's dog that is lost in Chapter 15?

5. What does Wyatt say the title of his story means in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in the encounter between Vin and Sonja in Chapter 15?

2. What does the red fowl symbolize?

3. How does Edgar describe the atmosphere of the Darkening Land in Chapter 9?

4. What does the Darkening Land represent?

5. What does Edgar dream of in the beginning of Chapter 17?

6. What is the first story Wyatt tells at the shelter in Chapter 14?

7. How are the Yunwi Tsunsdi described in Chapter 12?

8. How does Maria describe her life after Ray-Ray's death in Chapter 14?

9. How would you describe Wyatt's essay for English class in Chapter 10?

10. What is Sonja's dream about and what does it foreshadow in Chapter 15?

(see the answer keys)

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