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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the man that Jane and Mr. Dimble see on the horse when they search the campground?
(a) Maleldil.
(b) Merlin.
(c) Ransom.
(d) The Head.

2. What is significant about the fire that Mr. Deniston and Ransom see in the distance while driving to find Merlin?
(a) The smoke is blue.
(b) Jane has dreamed about it.
(c) They believe it is a sign of things to come.
(d) The college is being burned down.

3. What is Mark writing to Jane about when the Fairy makes him drop his pen?
(a) His new job.
(b) Staying at St. Anne's.
(c) Coming to Belbury with him.
(d) His experience with the Head.

4. What effect does the coming of Jove have on the people at St. Anne's?
(a) Everyone in the house becomes very cold.
(b) Causes everyone in the house to feel regal and proud.
(c) The temperature rises, and a sweet breeze wafts through the room.
(d) Knowledge and thoughts flow freely.

5. How is the Fairy able to give such a detailed report to Frost and Wither about what Mark has been doing in Edgestow?
(a) She has many agents in the area reporting to her.
(b) She has telepathic powers.
(c) She made it all up to impress them.
(d) She followed him.

6. Where does Lord Feverstone hide to get away from the madness in the banquet room?
(a) The objectivity room.
(b) A dish cupboard.
(c) A car in the garage.
(d) The blood transfusion room.

7. What effect does the coming of Mars have on the people at St. Anne's?
(a) Everyone in the house becomes very cold.
(b) Knowledge and thoughts flow freely.
(c) Causes everyone in the house to feel regal and proud.
(d) Everyone finds himself with great courage.

8. What does Mark do after he defeats the urgings of the bad eldil while in the room Frost left him alone in?
(a) He speaks with the eldil.
(b) He goes to sleep.
(c) He tries desperately to escape.
(d) He repeats the words "I do not belong here" over and over.

9. What do Jane and Mr. Dimble find as they head away from the vagrant camp?
(a) Merlin.
(b) A path that leads to the well.
(c) A map.
(d) Footprints that are not their own.

10. Who is the one person who puts their trust in Ransom when everyone is accusing him of treachery after he speaks with Merlin.
(a) Mrs. Maggs.
(b) Mr. MacPhee.
(c) Mr.Dimble.
(d) Jane.

11. According to Merlin, why has Jane not had a child yet?
(a) Her physical ailments.
(b) Her sins.
(c) Her pride.
(d) Her poor choice in a husband.

12. Where is Jane when Mark is looking for her at their apartment after he finally returns from Belbury?
(a) Bracton College.
(b) A N.I.C.E. pub.
(c) Belbury.
(d) St. Anne's.

13. Who is the bearded man on the stone table that Jane sees in her dreams?
(a) Mr. Wither.
(b) Ransom.
(c) Merlin.
(d) Maleldil.

14. What did Jane dream about the night that Mark saw the Head?
(a) She saw the Fairy trying to kill Mark.
(b) She saw Mark meeting the Head.
(c) She saw Mr. Wither and The Fairy convincing Mark to kill Jane.
(d) She saw Mr. Ransom taking Mark away from Belbury.

15. Why is it so hard for Jane, Ransom and Mr. Deniston to find the fence that Jane dreamed about?
(a) There is a deep fog over everything.
(b) It is covered in smoke.
(c) There are many different fences in Edgestow.
(d) It is raining.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mark wakes up in the banquet hall what does he see?

2. What was found at the site of Hengest's murder that implicates Mark?

3. What does Mark agree to be trained in before Mr. Frost finally releases him and lets him eat?

4. What did Wither's men find in Bragdon Wood?

5. What makes Mark lose his resolve to distrust anyone at the N.I.C.E.?

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