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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. Why does the Princess of Bulika kill every baby of which she hears?
(a) She is jealous of other children because her own dies in infancy.
(b) Prophecy claims a child will be the cause of the Princess' death.
(c) She believes it is the only way to save her kingdom.
(d) She hates the innocence of children.

2. What terrifies Vane Sr.?
(a) A half man/half horse.
(b) A crow the size of a human.
(c) An army of vultures.
(d) His reflection disappearing.

3. What kind of flower does Raven show Vane?
(a) Resurrection.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Dogwood.
(d) Lily.

4. How does the woman treat Vane?
(a) Like a child.
(b) Kindly.
(c) Like her servant.
(d) Like a dog.

5. What does Vane encounter after crossing a desert?
(a) An ocean.
(b) A forest of strange-looking trees.
(c) A forest of statues.
(d) A steep hill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vane see roaming the streets?

2. What does Vane wonder why he is not being treated as?

3. What happens to the worms that the Raven tosses in the air?

4. What does his guide become after Vane holds it?

5. In what does Vane now find joy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vane's father describe in some papers Vane finds?

2. Who is the "Fugitive Mother" and what is her connection to Vane?

3. Why isn't Raven very accommodating to Vane?

4. Of what do the Little Ones warn Vane?

5. Why does Vane decide to go on his own to Raven's world and what sort of reception does he get from Raven?

6. What does Raven say every human being has within?

7. To where does Mr. Vane follow the figure who appears and disappears?

8. Describe the skeleton couple Vane meets.

9. What does Lona tell Vane about Little Ones and what is his response?

10. What does Mr. Vane think may have happened to him and what does he do because of that?

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