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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 does Willa take from a boy's room in Chapter 3?
(a) Half of his stamp collection and half of his quartz rocks.
(b) Half of his money.
(c) Half of his books.
(d) Half of his coin collection and half of his arrowheads.

2. What animals does Willa run into at the homesteader's barn in Chapter 4?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Cows.
(c) Goats.
(d) Chickens.

3. In Chapter 22, what does the padaran have Willa look through?
(a) Glasses.
(b) Binoculars.
(c) Spectrograph.
(d) Telescope.

4. What does Willa hear when she is inside the homesteader's lair in Chapter 2?
(a) Purring of a machine in the eating place.
(b) Metal-wound machine ticking and the hiss and crackle of a fire.
(c) Footsteps.
(d) Dog.

5. Where does Willa find the dog in the homesteader's lair in Chapter 2?
(a) Eating place.
(b) Metal cage.
(c) Back yard.
(d) Bed in a bedroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Willa when her mother and father were killed by the day-folk?

2. At the end of Chapter 24, what does Willa throw?

3. In Chapter 7, what time is it when Willa opens her eyes?

4. What does Willa think she finds in a wooden box in Chapter 2?

5. What does Willa see when the padaran takes her out on the upper side of the Great Mountain above the lair in Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what does Willa do when she sees a Cherokee boy of about ten imprisoned in the tunnels?

2. In Chapter 18, what does the padaran look like when he enters the Hall of the Padran?

3. How does Willa escape in Chapter 27?

4. Who is Luthein, and why does she come to help Willa when Willa calls?

5. What does Willa do when she realizes that Luthien is going to walk into a steel trap?

6. How does the padran get caught in a trap?

7. What last moments does Willa have with her grandmother?

8. How does Willa's grandmother look at her after Willa tricks Gredic in Chapter 21?

9. How does Willa avoid the current of the river in Chapter 1?

10. Why does Willa steal things from homesteaders' lairs?

(see the answer keys)

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