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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. Why does Juan Manuel de Ayala lead Perenelle into the shadows?

2. What captures Perenelle in Chapter 35?

3. Why do Palamedes and Shakespeare try to stop Nicholas from helping Perenelle?

4. Who does Juan Manuel de Ayala say is coming for Perenelle?

5. Why does Perenelle go into the depths below Acatraz?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who picks up Dee at the airport and what does she tell him?

2. What is the difference between Niccolo's ambitions concerning the Elders and that of Dee and Flamel?

3. What does Dee ask of Machiavelli?

4. What happens when Nicholas reveals himself to Gilgamesh and who intervenes?

5. What does St. Germain teach Joan of Arc and Scathach and what do the two women discuss?

6. How does Nicholas contact Perenelle?

7. What does the speaker have to get from Dee and the Dark Elders and why is there hope that he can?

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

9. How does Josh observe the power of water and what happens as he watches the continents flood?

10. Where is Perenelle and who is with her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Though it is not a part of The Sorceress, the readers are given enough information to learn that the twins were, up until a short time ago, ordinary teenagers in modern America. Discuss the following:

1. How do you think the twins have changed from who they were before Nicholas comes into their lives?

2. Why do you think Scott chooses young, ordinary teenagers to be the heroes/heroines in the series?

3. How would the book have been different if the twins were spoiled, rich kids?

Essay Topic 2

1. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadowing are in The Sorceress? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in The Sorceress including why you believe it is foreshadowing. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from The Sorceress and your own life to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in The Sorceress. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in The Sorceress. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of power in The Sorceress. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with power? Why? What are some symbols of power? Symbols of control? What characters seem powerful?

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