Stardust

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. What is Tristran’s goal at the start of his journey?

A) To save Yvaine from the witch-queen

B) To win Victoria Forester’s heart

C) To rule Stormhold

D) To see the world

2. What does Una ask for in exchange for the glass snowdrop?

A) A kiss

B) Her freedom

C) A silk scarf

D) A dance

3. What magical power did Tristran inherit from his Stormhold family?

A) Seeing the future

B) Sensing danger

C) Locating far-off places

D) Reading the thoughts of others

4. What is the meaning of Una’s name?

A) Only

B) Highborn

C) Slattern

D) Gifted

5. How does Yvaine get her limp?

A) Saving the unicorn

B) Being attacked by the witch-queen

C) Falling from the lightning ship

D) Falling from the sky

6. What is the relationship between Tristran and Primus?

A) Primus is Tristran’s brother.

B) Primus is Tristran’s uncle.

C) Primus is Tristran’s father.

D) Primus is Tristran’s mentor.

7. Who is guarding the wall when Tristran returns home?

A) Mr. Monday

B) Mr. Bromios

C) Mr. Brown

D) Mr. Forester

8. Why can’t Yvaine cross the wall?

A) She’ll be turned into a dormouse.

B) She’ll be returned to the sky.

C) She’ll lose all her memories.

D) She’ll be turned into a lump of rock.

9. What is Septimus’s murder weapon of choice?

A) Poison

B) Runestones

C) Obsidian knives

D) Fire

10. How big is Faerie?

A) The size of three Englands

B) The size of Canada

C) Immeasurable

D) The size of a thimble

11. Who rules Stormhold at the end of the novel?

A) Tristran

B) Yvaine

C) Una

D) Primus

12. During which era is the majority of Stardust set?

A) Victorian

B) Edwardian

C) Post-modern

D) Shakespearean

13. Which of these cities does Dunstan dream of seeing?

A. Paris

B. Istanbul

C. Edinburgh

D. New York

14. How often does the market at Wall occur?

A) Every year

B) Every nine years

C) Every decade

D) Every fifty years

15. How does the witch-queen entrap Yvaine?

A) With a comforting inn

B) With a chain of cat’s breath

C) With a unicorn

D) With a topaz necklace

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1. How does Tristran’s perception of Yvaine change over the course of the novel?

2. Why does Tristran ultimately decide not to settle in Wall?