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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. What is the padran's spear made of?

2. At the end of Chapter 16, what does mamaw find in the wound on Willa's shoulder?

3. What type of trail does Willa follow in Chapter 5 to take her to the river?

4. In Chapter 14, what has shaped the walls on the way to the den she shares with her grandmother?

5. Where does a trap snap against the padaran in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Willa do when she realizes that Luthien is going to walk into a steel trap?

2. What last moments does Willa have with her grandmother?

3. Who is Luthein, and why does she come to help Willa when Willa calls?

4. Why did Willa have to teach her friend Gillen to recognize the difference between good and bad mushrooms?

5. Where do Luthien and the wolves take Willa in Chapter 8, and why?

6. What happens when Willa tries to cross the river in Chapter 5?

7. In Chapter 7, what do the wolves stop to watch and what do they do?

8. In Chapter 18, what does the padaran look like when he enters the Hall of the Padran?

9. What people does Willa come from?

10. In Chapter 12, what does Willa do when she sees a Cherokee boy of about ten imprisoned in the tunnels?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Willa believes that Nathan interacts with nature like wolves do. How and why does Willa believe that the way Nathan interacts with nature is similar to how wolves interact with nature?

Essay Topic 2

Willa believes that the padaran has betrayed her and the Faeran. Why and how does Willa believe that the padaran has betrayed her and the Faeran?

Essay Topic 3

Both Willa and Nathaniel have to survive grief and loss. How does being together help Willa and Nathaniel survive their grief and loss?

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