The Dark Is Rising Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 142 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Dark Is Rising Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 142 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Windsor Castle is located where?

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

3. Who is the seventh son of the seventh son?

4. Why won't Will deal with Hawkin?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What significant acts occur during the late night of Christmas Day?

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

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

5. Why is the rain significant to the villagers and to Will?

6. What is unique about the book of Gramayre?

7. What is strange about the gift Stephen sent to Will for Christmas?

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

9. How does Hawkin trick Will to allow the Dark into the manor?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the process by which the Book of Gramayre is protected and what effect this has on Hawkin.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the Rider embodies the villain archetype and how his actions are typical of villains in fantasy novels.

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