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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. What kind of bird lands in Sonja's yard and watches her in Chapter 11?
(a) An owl.
(b) A pigeon.
(c) A hawk.
(d) A buzzard.
2. What is the name of the store that Venery runs in Chapter 9?
(a) Death Records.
(b) Rusty Spoon Records.
(c) White Cliff Records.
(d) Darkness Record Exchange.
3. What natural phenomenon do Maria and Ernest experience in Chapter 14?
(a) A tornado.
(b) A flood.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) An eclipse.
4. What is the Cherokee word for bird?
(a) Osiyo.
(b) Jistu.
(c) Tsisqua.
(d) Nun-Yunu-Wi.
5. Who calls Sonja while she sits at the marina in Chapter 11?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Edgar.
(d) Wyatt.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is the boy transported after being pulled into the land by the snake in Wyatt's story in Chapter 14?
2. What does Maria observe most of Wyatt's drawings to be of in Chapter 10?
3. What does Sonja recall envying when she was younger in Chapter 11?
4. What does Wyatt say the title of his story means in Chapter 14?
5. Who is the little girl that lost her dog in Chapter 15?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Edgar describe the atmosphere of the Darkening Land in Chapter 9?
2. What is the significance of the names and dates that open each chapter?
3. What foreshadowing does Edgar encounter in the town in Chapter 9?
4. What is the second story about that Wyatt tells at the shelter in Chapter 14?
5. What does coughing represent in the Darkening Land?
6. How would you describe Wyatt's essay for English class in Chapter 10?
7. To whom is Tsala's narrative largely directed? Why?
8. What does Venery say about Jim Thorpe in Chapter 9? Why is this significant?
9. Who do Sonja and her parents encounter on their walk in Chapter 15?
10. What is Sonja's dream about and what does it foreshadow in Chapter 15?
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