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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. Whom does Shakespeare want to destroy?
(a) Dee.
(b) Niccolo.
(c) Nicholas.
(d) Mars.

2. What does Nicholas sense?
(a) The weather is about to change dramatically.
(b) He is about to be attacked.
(c) They are being followed.
(d) There is a non-human close by.

3. What shocks Palamedes about the sword Excalibur?
(a) It is actually Clarent.
(b) It is rusted and is not supposed to be corruptible.
(c) It is in the scrapyard.
(d) The runes on it have changed.

4. Of what does Palamedes convince Flamel?
(a) Perenelle is dead.
(b) Sophie is ill.
(c) Josh is evil.
(d) They are not in a trap.

5. What do the Flesh Eaters look like in reality?
(a) Somewhat like humans.
(b) Somewhat like tigers.
(c) Somewhat like bears.
(d) Somewhat like dragons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who decides it is time to flee?

2. Who had once been Flamel's apprentice?

3. Who does Josh fight across the oil moat?

4. What does King Gilgamesh do when Palamedes pulls up to a red stoplight?

5. Who does Niccolo have trailed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Palamedes become irritated with Nicholas and what does he suggest about Nicholas' impatience?

2. How does Josh keep the police from following them to Stonehenge?

3. What does Palamedes decide it is time to do? How do Palamedes and Nicholas aid Shakespeare?

4. Who lands on Alcatrz and whom do the newcomers first encounter?

5. What dangerous plan does Dee make and why does he think he will be successful in executing the plan?

6. Describe the clash between Nicholas and his allies and Dee and his allies.

7. Where do Scatty and Joan end up and what is the problem?

8. What does Shakespeare say about John Dee?

9. How does Shakespeare help Nicohlas and the others get to Stonehenge?

10. What surprises Sophie about Gilgamesh and what connection does Sophie make?

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