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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. Who gives Marethyu information?

2. Who does Perenelle try to calm?

3. What does Dee tell Josh follows the Flamels?

4. What collapses around the Jeep?

5. What does Scathach feel about this new prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Anubis and Aten experiencing the change?

2. What does Dee tell Josh to do on their way to Alcatraz and how do Josh's memories help him in this task?

3. Where is Promotheseus driving a Jeep and why is he weak?

4. What happens to two teenaged hoods who approach a seemingly harmless drunk?

5. Who do Dee and Dare notice following and what happens to make Dee change his plans?

6. What is Marethyu showing Scathach and the others and why are they confused?

7. What happens to the police officers outside a building which Dee and Virginia approach and how do Dee, Dare and Josh feel about it?

8. Who is following Odin and what transpires between them?

9. How does Sophie feel about Perenelle and what does Perenelle tell Sophie?

10. What is Nicholas Flamel's condition and what does Perenelle want to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast the characters of Rick and Lon. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of Lon and Nuke. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in Warlock help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.

Essay Topic 2

1. What is foreshadow? How many incidences of foreshadow are in The Warlock? How does foreshadow contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadow in The Warlock including why you believe it is foreshadow. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from The Warlock and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

Whenever reading a science fiction or fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains concepts or ideas that are not a part of the "real" world. In the case of The Warlock, much of the setting may seem familiar to the reader (i.e. there are woods, mountains, rivers, oceans, etc), though there are new ideas and terms to learn. Discuss the following:

1. Find five terms that are a part of the world of The Warlock that occur in the "real" world but are used differently in The Warlock.

2. Define the words as used in in The Warlock world and compare those five words as to how they are currently used in the American English language.

3. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a science fiction or fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of The Warlock. Did you have to look up any words? What does it mean to learn a word through its context? Do you have to do that in The Warlock? What word(s)?

4. Were there any words you never really understood from The Warlock? Which ones?

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