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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 the first attack Ellen makes against Jack?

2. What structure exists in Raven's Ghyll?

3. With what Indians does Jeremiah claim to have lived?

4. What concerns Hastings most about Jack's training?

5. Whom does Fitch see outside of a Christmas shop, apparently hunting for someone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Raven's Ghyll? Why has Hastings decided to take Jack there through the back way?

2. Why is Jack called out of class in Chapter 11? What does Jack believe is happening?

3. How does Jack manage to sneak into Ellen's room to speak to her the night before the Games? What is said?

4. Who is the first to put forth a warrior in the ceremony to register the warriors? Who does not have a warrior? Why not?

5. At the amusement park, Ellen pretends to throw a slushy on Jack, but misses and hits the water. What happens next? Why did Ellen do this?

6. Why does Jack stop during a training bout to talk with Jeremiah? What doe he learn?

7. Where does Longbranch want Jack to fight? What excuse does Longbranch come up with to hide Jack's death in the fight?

8. Who is ministering Jack when he wakes in Cumbria? How did she get there?

9. What happens to Jack as he and Linda attempt to find sanctuary in a small church near Westminster Abbey? Who does Linda say Jack needs to heal him?

10. Why does Susannah claim the dragon has awakened? What is the result of this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Jack Swift? What was he born without that his aunt arranged for him to have inserted? What kind of stone did Linda think Dr. Longbranch had given Jack? What kind of stone did Dr. Longbranch really give to Jack? Why did Dr. Longbranch give Jack the wrong stone? What does Dr. Longbranch expect to happen when Jack grows up? What title does Dr. Longbranch have with the White Rose? Why does Linda believe this means Dr. Longbranch wants Jack for the White Rose? How does Linda convince Dr. Longbranch to allow Jack's parents to raise him? How does Dr. Longbranch suppress Jack's powers as he grows?

Essay Topic 2

What happens when Linda and Hastings prevent the judges from killing Jack and Ellen at the end of the Games? Who invades the arena and begins to kill some of the judges? Who else appears? What does this person say the judges have awakened with their unfair games? What rule changes are made as a result of Ellen and Jack's tournament? What is Trinity to become for the guilds? Do these new rules solve the problems Leander Hastings was attempting to fix by having Jack fight?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Leander Hastings? What role does he play at Jack's school? Why does Linda arrange for Hastings to begin training Jack with the sword? What kind of training do they do? What is unusual about the opponents Leander provides for Jack? How does Jack fair in the beginning of his training? Why does Hastings continually push Jack to do better and better in his training? What makes the reader begin to think that Hastings might have ulterior motives in training Jack? What might these motives be?

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