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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 does the Dark use to get Will to break the circle?
(a) Will's hunger and sleepiness.
(b) Will's impatience and hope.
(c) Will's youth and immaturity.
(d) Will's sadness and homesickness.

2. At the beginning of the Sign-Seeker section, what is engraved on the two towering oak doors?
(a) Hearts.
(b) Symbols.
(c) Bursts of light.
(d) Crosses.

3. Why does Will silently rejoice as he takes in the snow-covered landscape?
(a) Because he wanted the snow to fall.
(b) Because he wanted to sleep in.
(c) Because he was happy to be alive.
(d) Because he wanted to have a snowball fight with his brothers.

4. What does Will ask the two strangers when he meets them?
(a) About the snow.
(b) About the time changes.
(c) About the iron ornament.
(d) About the Walker and the Rider.

5. Where has the Lady gone when she vanishes?
(a) To a different time to battle the Dark.
(b) To recover from the strain of the Dark.
(c) To fight against the Dark.
(d) To sleep a thousand years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the radio station when Will walks by it after getting home from his walk with James?

2. What does the author mean when she writes, "He was crystal-clear awake, in a Midwinter Day that had been waiting for him to wake into it since the day he had been born..."?

3. What does Paul state is the reason Will's skylight broke?

4. When James and Will return home from their walk, what does Will think is running out of his brother, James, like water?

5. What does Merriman tell Will about time for the Old Ones?

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