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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who owns Huntercombe Manor?
(a) Mrs. Grey.
(b) Mrs. Merriman.
(c) Miss Huntercombe.
(d) Miss Greythorne.

2. What is the ancient kind of symbol dating back to sun worship?
(a) The cross.
(b) The mandela.
(c) The sphere.
(d) The sundial.

3. What does Merriman tell Will about the signs and the Dark?
(a) The signs are part of the Light.
(b) The signs are parts of the Dark.
(c) The signs are beyond their touching.
(d) The signs are for them to collect on their own.

4. What song do Will, James, and his siblings carol for the Rector?
(a) O' Christmas Tree.
(b) Nowell.
(c) Noel.
(d) Merry Christmas.

5. What is Will, James, Mr. Stanton, and Max going to purchase?
(a) A Christmas tree.
(b) Food.
(c) A wagon.
(d) Christmas turkey.

6. As Will walks across the room at the manor, he notices that what image is everywhere?
(a) Snow.
(b) The Rider's face.
(c) The same symbol that is on his iron ornament.
(d) The white mare.

7. What does seeing the stranger in the black coat do to Will?
(a) It makes him feel scared.
(b) It makes him angry.
(c) It makes him whimper.
(d) It makes him feel hollow inside.

8. What does Merriman do for the Walker?
(a) Wrangles with him.
(b) Sends him away.
(c) Makes him cry.
(d) Hurts him.

9. Who is snoring from the other bed when Will wakes up?
(a) Stephen.
(b) Paul.
(c) James.
(d) Robin.

10. Who comes to the door when Will and his siblings come to carol at Greythorne Manor?
(a) The Lady.
(b) Maggie.
(c) The butler.
(d) Merriman.

11. What does Will hear before his world changes to another time?
(a) Screaming.
(b) A prayer.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Music.

12. What does Merriman tell Will are gateways through time?
(a) Doors.
(b) The roads.
(c) Gates.
(d) Pathways.

13. What does Mr. Dawson give Will when he invites him into the house?
(a) An iron ornament.
(b) Money.
(c) Hay.
(d) A piece of cake.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saves Will from being snatched by the rider?

2. When Will goes through the doors, who does he find waiting for him along the fireplace inside the manor?

3. What is odd about the weather, according to the thin man with the pointed nose on the bus?

4. What is unique about Will's iron ornament over the last two days since Midwinter's Eve?

5. Why doesn't Will go near the family's two dogs?

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