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

2. What symbols are on the horseshoes that John Smith puts on the mare?
(a) The same as the symbol on his ornament.
(b) The symbol of the Dark.
(c) The symbol of Christmas.
(d) The symbol of the church.

3. What does Mrs. Stanton call the old cardboard container?
(a) A box of ornaments.
(b) An old box of letters from Old George.
(c) Frank Dawson's box of letters.
(d) An old box of poems.

4. Why is Will disappointed about his birthday?
(a) He didn't get a present from Stephen.
(b) His family didn't celebrate it.
(c) The Dark tainted it.
(d) Merriman didn't show up.

5. What happens to Merriman when Will starts talking to Max?
(a) He melts.
(b) He falls on the ice.
(c) He vanishes.
(d) He coughs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Stanton say about what happened to Will's ornament letter?

2. How does the blacksmith stop Will from taking the stranger's food offering?

3. In the opening scene of Part One, what does James proclaim there are too many of?

4. What does Will's sister, Gwen, give him at the end of the Sign-Seeker section of the novel?

5. What happens to Will's family the morning of Midwinter Day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the Rider seeking Will?

2. What is the importance of the words of the carol that Merriman sings during Will and his family's caroling?

3. What role does Huntercombe Lane play in the second section, Midwinter's Day, of the novel?

4. What is the importance of music in the Midwinter Day section of the novel?

5. What is the importance of the Rider asking Will to break bread with him?

6. Why does Will use his powers to put the branch on fire?

7. What is the importance of the third sign?

8. Why does Will's father state, "There's your ceremony, Will. Right on time"?

9. What is the importance of the white mare appearing to Will in the woods?

10. How does Will demonstrate his immaturity when the Dark begins to rise?

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