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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. How old were the trees Willa remembers her Mamaw taught her and Alliw to speak with?

2. What do the Faeran call the upside down tree wedged between rock faces in Chapter 10?

3. When Willa howls in Chapter 5, how many pairs of eyes does she see from the beasts who come for her call?

4. On what slope of the Great Mountain is Dead Hollow, the lair of Willa's people?

5. What does Willa think she finds in a wooden box in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What people does Willa come from?

2. How does the padran get caught in a trap?

3. Why does the padaran tell Willa she has been brought before him in Chapter 19?

4. How does Willa escape in Chapter 27?

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 16, why is the clan restless?

10. In Chapter 4, what does the man do when he finds Willa in the barn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Hall of Padaran used to be called the Hall of the Glittering Birds and was a place of grandeur. How is the hall rotting and decaying? How and why does it symbolize the clan?

Essay Topic 2

Willa is raised by her grandmother after her parents die. Why is their relationship more like mother/daughter than granddaughter/grandmother?

Essay Topic 3

Willa grieves when her grandmother dies. How does Willa grieve when her grandmother dies? How does she assuage her grief?

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