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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. What does Merlin think Ransom and his followers should do to Jane?
(a) Let her rest.
(b) Embrace her.
(c) Protect her.
(d) Kill her.

2. What old power are the evil eldils seeking?
(a) Merlin.
(b) Ransom.
(c) The good eldils.
(d) Magic.

3. What effect does the coming of Venus have on the people at St. Anne's?
(a) Causes everyone in the house to feel regal and proud.
(b) The temperature rises, and a sweet breeze wafts through the room.
(c) Everyone in the house becomes very cold.
(d) Everyone finds himself with great courage.

4. According to Ransom, what is the only way for the good side to win this upcoming battle between good and evil?
(a) To spread the word of what the N.I.C.E. are really up to.
(b) To receive the Oyeresu themselves.
(c) To wait for the N.I.C.E. to destroy themselves from within.
(d) To have Merlin conjur up black magic attacks.

5. Why is Jane left out of the very important house meeting at St. Anne's after she meets the leader?
(a) They want her to go to Belbury to fetch Mark during the meeting.
(b) They do not want her to dream about the meeting.
(c) They are suspicious of her true ties to Belbury.
(d) They need her to keep guard at the door while they confer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jane NOT find at the campsite in Bragdon Wood?

2. What makes Mark want to belong to the N.I.C.E. after he had made the decision to resist them?

3. Who is the one person who puts their trust in Ransom when everyone is accusing him of treachery after he speaks with Merlin.

4. What effect does the coming of Mercury have on the people at St. Anne's?

5. Where is King Arthur's ring according to Merlin's riddle to Ransom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Merlin feel so much animosity towards Jane?

2. What happens to Mark when he sees the remains of the prisoner Alcasar?

3. How did Jane unknowingly stop Mr. Frost from being able to telepathically see her dreams?

4. Why are Mr. Frost and Mr. Wither trying to talk to the old man in Latin?

5. What does Merlin do when Ransom successfully passes all the tests Merlin gives to see if Ransom truly is the leader of St. Anne's?

6. How is the Head able to speak?

7. What is Mark thinking when Mr. Frost walks into the room the police are keeping him held in?

8. What happens when Mark punches Wither in the face?

9. What does Mr. Dimble want to help Mark do after Mark seeks him out looking for Jane?

10. What is the old man's major goal while being held captive at Belbury?

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