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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. Why does the man in the carriage decide to take Tristran as a passenger?

2. Who tells Tristran the truth about his birth?

3. What does Tristran do to help the carriage?

4. What is the sky-ship fishing for?

5. Who, besides Primus, is killed during the commotion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Primus warn Tristran of while they ride together?

2. How is Tristran saved from the poisoned ale?

3. In what condition does the witch want the star's heart, and why?

4. What happens when Tristran asks the woman with the bird for a ride to Wall?

5. What does the star say to Primus when he sees the topaz around her neck?

6. How do Tristran and the star get out of the cloud?

7. What allows the slave girl to be set free?

8. What is the only kind of magic Septimus possesses?

9. Why is Tristran not more upset when he is turned back into a human?

10. What does the innkeeper do when the star approaches the inn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Violence was something that is resorted to a number of times in this book, and yet some characters felt justified in their violent actions. Who are some of these characters, and how did their feeling about violence affect their place in the plot and the characters who were in contact with them?

Essay Topic 2

What are the three things the tree told Tristran, and how did this change his mission and motivations?

Essay Topic 3

Septimus and the Lilim are two characters who exhibited some extreme anger. How did they react to this anger, and how were their lives affected by this extreme anger?

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