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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. Which of these describes Bastian?

2. What is the name of the mythical land in the book?

3. What is on the cover of the book Bastian reads?

4. Who is the Golden-eyed Commander of Wishes?

5. Bastian sneaks out of the attic to do what, after he reads about the poisoning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the death of Atreyu's horse, Artax.

2. What does the gnome tell Atreyu, in Chapter 5, after Atreyu is well?

3. Explain how Bastian winds up with the book in his possession.

4. What happens after Atreyu is transported to the Oracle?

5. Describe the gates to the Southern Oracle.

6. Describe Atreyu's encounter with Morla.

7. When Bastian is very hungry, after reading about Atreyu eating rotten food in the ghost town, describe who he thinks of and why.

8. How does Bastian feel about himself in the prologue?

9. Why does Bastian admit to Mr. Coreander that his schoolmates tease him?

10. What is Ygramul the Many?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Opposites are a theme in the book. Choose one of the following sets of opposites and use examples from the book to explain how they are opposites and how that helps them to interact.

1. Atreyu and Bastian

2. Perilin and Goab

3. The Empress and the Old Man of Wandering Mountain

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following characters and explain, in detail, what role they played in the book. Be sure to explain not just what they did and when, but also how it affected the other characters and the plot, as well as what point or moral they may have tried to instill to the reader.

1. Blubb

2. Morla

3 Eyola

Essay Topic 3

The book is full of symbolism. Choose one of the following situations and explain what it symbolizes and what lessons it teaches:

1. Bastian changing into the Empress' image of him

2. Bastian wounding Atreyu with Sikandra

3. Bastian's encounter with the Know-Nothings

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