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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Will walks home from town, what street does he decide to go down?

2. Whose room did Will's bedroom once belong to?

3. At the beginning of the Sign-Seeker section, what is engraved on the two towering oak doors?

4. Who demands that Will show the first sign to him?

5. What does Mr. Stanton state was on Will's ornament?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Merriman disgusted that Will calls the road he was on "Tramp's Alley"?

2. What affect does the Lady have on Will's emotions and behavior?

3. In what ways does the author imply that the iron ornament is important?

4. What does the Walker mean when he states, "It's so heavy...I've been carrying it for so long."

5. How does the author demonstrate that something strange is happening to Will?

6. Why does Maggie claim the Walker stole the sign from her?

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

8. How does the animals' behavior foreshadow what happens to the tramp in the woods?

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

10. What ordinary Christmas decoration does Mr. Dawson persuade the Stantons to take with them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is the Dark associated with the cold and with rooks?

Essay Topic 2

Explain how the Book of Gramayre teaches Will what he needs to know, and how this book acts in concert with other events that have occurred during Will's experiences with the Old Ones.

Essay Topic 3

Why is the act of catching someone out of time symbolic of being out of the loop or being frozen, suspended in time? Why is this power useful to Will and the Old Ones?

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