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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 is Yikka's impossible wish?

2. What does The Empress tell Bastian to do in order to recreate Fantastica?

3. In Yor's Minroud, Bastian must find what?

4. Bastian and Grograman enjoy doing what in the sand?

5. Who admits to Atreyu that they knew how to save the Empress before Atreyu went on his quest?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the tournament in Amarganth end?

2. Describe Atreyu's meeting with the Empress.

3. Describe where the Old Man of Wandering Mountain lives.

4. Who is Grograman and what is the relationship between him, Perilin and Goab?

5. Describe the relationship between Bastian, Falkor and Atreyu after Xayide joins their ranks.

6. What story does Bastian tell the people of Amarganth and how does it help them?

7. Why is Bastian the first one that Grograman has ever talked to?

8. What happens when the group finally reaches the Ivory Tower?

9. What happens when Bastian spends the night in Grograman's castle?

10. Describe how Bastian's wish for wisdom backfires on him.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bastian is asked to describe Fantastica a few times in the book. Now it's your turn. Define Fantastica in your terms. What do you think determines how big or small Fantastica is? Is everyone's version of Fantastica different? In what ways?

Essay Topic 2

Fantastica and the real world are forever tied together. Use examples from the story to explain how what goes on in one affects what goes on in the other.

Essay Topic 3

Explain what each of the three Southern Oracle gates represents. What lessons do they teach? How are those lessons applied, later in the book?

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