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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 does Taliesin know as he leaves Elphin on the ship?

2. What kind of land lies behind Peter's house?

3. What does Dr. Rhys talk about at his dinner party?

4. Where is Dr. Rhys first seen in the book?

5. Who helps the children during the storm?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does David get a hold of Rhian's family during the storm?

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

3. What does Peter do during the storm and why?

4. What does Peter see in his first vision?

5. What causes Peter to fall behind in school?

6. Why does Jen want to take Becky to see Dr. Rhys?

7. What does Peter confide in Becky, and why?

8. What does Taliesin do during battles and why?

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

10. What angers Rhian when she runs to find the men in the woods?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Why was the wolf hunt included in the book? What did this add to the plot?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect the characters involved in those scenes?

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