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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. With whom does Ash leave the Taltos paradise?
(a) Two of his daughers and three other Taltos.
(b) He left by himself.
(c) Just with one son.
(d) Just with his wife.

2. What does Mona confide in about to Mary Jane?
(a) That Morrigan is Taltos.
(b) That Rowan is also pregnant.
(c) That Michael is not the father of Mona's baby.
(d) That Morrigan is not Taltos.

3. What happened to the Taltos island?
(a) It became barren.
(b) It is still there.
(c) It exploded.
(d) It eventually sank into the sea.

4. What does Ash's group of Taltos do when they come to live among the humans?
(a) Invent human identities.
(b) Nothing different.
(c) Try to marry into the human race.
(d) Keep their appearance altered magically.

5. What is Mary Jane carrying in her basket?
(a) A baby.
(b) Several bottles of champagne.
(c) A picnic lunch.
(d) A puppy.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Ash compare the birth of a Taltos child?

2. How do Rowan and Michael get back to the United States?

3. Who is accompanying Mary Jane to the boat?

4. What is one thing Ash worried about for his group of Taltos?

5. What makes a coupling Taltos pair end the coupling?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did some Taltos leave the paradise, what happens to the paradise and how do the Taltos feel about life in their new location? Why did Ash worry about the Taltos?

2. How does Ash hear about Christianity and how does he feel about that religion?

3. What happens to Marklin and Tommy at the Motherhouse after the funeral for Stuart?

4. How did many Taltos women die, and what happens when a Taltos dies? Why was life good for the Taltos?

5. What does Ash say about how the Taltos first lived peaceably with humans?

6. What does Rowan tell Ash about a Taltos female, and what is Ash's reaction to the news?

7. How did Taltos couple and what kind of romantic relationships did they have?

8. What is the problem between witches and the Talos, and what is the rumor about Taltos's blood and witches? How was Taltos blood introduced into the human race?

9. Who is Mary Jane bringing to her home on a boat and why does she need him?

10. What does Ash propose to Rowan, what is her reply and what does Ash say he will share with them?

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