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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. Outside the manor, which sign is burned into Will's forearm and causes the Rider to fall back?
(a) The sign of iron.
(b) The sign of copper.
(c) The sign of wood.
(d) The sign of bronze.

2. What does Hawkin tell Will that the Rider will exchange for his sister?
(a) The signs.
(b) Mary.
(c) Will.
(d) The belt.

3. According to the book of Gramayre, what is the name of the bright star?
(a) Venus.
(b) North Star.
(c) Milky Way.
(d) Arcturus.

4. During the Hunt, who is wearing the great horned mask that Will received as a gift?
(a) Merriman.
(b) The Walker.
(c) Will.
(d) The Hunter.

5. What sign does Merriman force Hawkin to carry throughout the centuries?
(a) The sign of iron.
(b) The sign of bronze.
(c) The sign of copper.
(d) The sign of wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Will find standing next to the great beech tree?

2. Where does Old George take Hawkin's body?

3. When Will returns from battle, who helps to warm him?

4. The Rider tells Will that the great and noble book states that he cannot harm those of the same blood as who?

5. According to the Old Ones, what do the birds speak with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Will do when he and Merriman return to their own time at the manor and Paul plays the flute?

2. What is the importance of the Walker's whereabouts being revealed to Will by a rook--an animal of the Dark?

3. How does Merriman use the weather to help Will with the Walker, and to help him against the Dark?

4. For Will, what does the music that Paul plays on the flute mean?

5. Why is Mary's kidnapping a test for Will?

6. In what ways does the Dark's power react in the Hawk in the Dark section?

7. What is unique about the book of Gramayre?

8. Why does Hawkin betray Merriman and the Light?

9. Why does the Dark have another chance to attack the Light?

10. Why is Will able to reconcile his old self with his Old One self after he returns home?

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