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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: The Finding; The Sign-Seeker.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Will's family the morning of Midwinter Day?
(a) They eat too much.
(b) They cannot speak.
(c) They cannot wake up.
(d) They are separated by a horrible blizzard.

2. According to Merriman, what does the Dark do to good emotions?
(a) Amplifies them.
(b) Burns them.
(c) Cloaks them to darkness.
(d) Twists them.

3. What does Paul state is the reason Will's skylight broke?
(a) The Dark pushed against it.
(b) Birds nested on it.
(c) A rusty latch.
(d) An icy latch that broke under the strain of the snow.

4. How does the blacksmith stop Will from taking the stranger's food offering?
(a) By placing a hot iron between Will and the stranger.
(b) By placing a hot horseshoe on the horse.
(c) By burning wood to kill the scent of tantalizing food.
(d) By placing a hot fist into the stranger's face.

5. What does The Lady remind Will of when he sees her for the first time at the manor?
(a) A cat.
(b) A bird.
(c) A fox.
(d) A lioness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion describes how Will is feeling when he wakes on Midwinter Day?

2. What does Will find odd about the iron ornament's surface?

3. What does the stranger ask Will at the blacksmith's hut?

4. What does Will ask the two strangers when he meets them?

5. What symbols are on the horseshoes that John Smith puts on the mare?

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