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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. Who is the first to speak at the wake?
(a) Destiny.
(b) Destruction.
(c) Death.
(d) Duma.

2. Who is the first recurring character to approach Dream?
(a) Abel.
(b) Cain.
(c) Rosie.
(d) Hob.

3. Which goddess speaks first?
(a) Diana.
(b) Bast.
(c) Titania.
(d) Isis.

4. Who speaks of her relationship with Dream and the loss of her son?
(a) Bast.
(b) Duma.
(c) Lyta.
(d) Calliope.

5. One would have to travel far and wide to find someone who could get the better of ____.
(a) Hob.
(b) Destruction.
(c) Cluracan.
(d) Matthew.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose eulogy is insulting?

2. Which word is not used to describe Abel?

3. Fill in in this line: Between the _____ of Night and Morning

4. When the angel sheds a tear, people can see all but which of the following?

5. What does Dream give to the boy to find his way?

Short Essay Questions

1. Desire speaks. What does Desire say in his eulogy?

2. Who does Li see in the desert? What is the conversation had between the two?

3. The family meets Sithcundman, who welcomes the family to the Necropolis Litharge. What does Sithcundman tell the Endless about the trip into the underworld?

4. What is the girl doing and what does she ask the boy in red-striped pajamas?

5. What is the guide worried about in the desert? What does Li say in response?

6. Discuss some of the speakers at the wake.

7. What is the opening scene of "Epilogue: Sunday Mourning?"

8. Dream begins to meet with former characters. With whom does Dream meet and what offer does he make? How does the character reply?

9. Discuss the conversation between Robbie and Death.

10. Who do Robbie and Gwen meet outside the event? What is the man's new moniker?

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