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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. What is drawn on the very last page of the book of Gramayre?

2. What does Will do with the rook feather?

3. How many times in a year does the Hunting of the Wren occur?

4. What reason does Hawkin give for betraying the Light to the Dark?

5. What present does Stephen send to Will?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Will's time with the book of Gramayre feel like?

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

4. What does Will do with the third sign when he gets home?

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

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

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

8. Why does Will feel torn during the Joining of the Signs section?

9. Why does Hawkin betray the Light and the Old Ones?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How is the symbolism of the Light and the Dark portrayed throughout the novel, The Dark is Rising?

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