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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the child in Shadow's dream at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) He runs through an open glen.
(b) He is sacrificed.
(c) He flies away.
(d) He becomes a giant spider.

2. What does Audrey Burton do at Laura Moon's funeral that surprises Shadow?
(a) She spits on Laura's body.
(b) She arrives with a new boyfriend.
(c) She steals a flower arrangement.
(d) She faints.

3. Who appears in Shadow's dream in Chapter 8?
(a) A woman in leopard print.
(b) The buffalo man.
(c) Laura Moon.
(d) Wednesday.

4. Which of the following gods does Shadow drive to the diner in Chapter 6?
(a) Mr. Nancy.
(b) Czernobog.
(c) Mama-ji.
(d) Mad. Sweeney.

5. How does Odin self-sacrifice in Norse lore?
(a) He drowns himself in the ocean.
(b) He drinks hemlock.
(c) He hangs from a tree.
(d) He runs himself through.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is soma comprised of?

2. Who does Shadow dream about when he goes to sleep at the very end of Chapter 9?

3. What object from Mad Sweeney does Shadow discover in his pocket in Chapter 2?

4. Who rescues Shadow from the cell at the end of Chapter 6?

5. What does Bilquis tell the unnamed man in Chapter 1 to do while they have sex?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Shadow leave Lakeside in Chapter 10?

2. How does Mr. Nancy look in the realm of the gods?

3. How is Odin martyred?

4. Describe Shadow's temptation by Media.

5. How is Audrey Burton's behavior at Laura Moon's funeral surprising to Shadow?

6. How does Shadow become acquainted with Lakeside?

7. What service does the jinn perform for Salim in Chapter 7?

8. What does Zorya Polunochnyaya give Shadow Moon in Chapter 4?

9. How does Shadow escape captivity at the end of Chapter 6?

10. What unexpected incident occurs to Shadow Moon after the funeral in Chapter 2?

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