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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. Where does Jen live at the beginning of the book?

2. How does Peter realize what his key is for?

3. What does Rhian's father do for a living?

4. What is not discussed during Christmas breakfast?

5. Why is Peter confronted about the coracle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Peter dislike Borth so much?

2. Why does Peter think he is being shown these visions?

3. What does Jen say about the person that Peter thinks is Taliesin?

4. What changes for Jen when she chooses to stay in Wales?

5. Where does the group take shelter on their second hike with Jen?

6. What does Peter do that causes his family to panic?

7. What does Taliesin promise the king before the war?

8. What does Jen say when she hears about Peter's visions?

9. After being put in a panic by Peter, what wakes the family up during the night?

10. What is strange about the place where the group takes shelter on their second hike with Jen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Dr. Rhys's ideas about magic and science, and how has this affected his career?

Essay Topic 2

What made the key so valuable, and how did it go about progressing the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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