Blackout Alley — Questions and answers

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When does the carnival called 'Blackout Alley' appear?

Choices

  1. Every night when it's dark.
  2. Only when the heavens wept stardust during a meteor shower. ✓
  3. When the moon is full.
  4. Once a year during a special festival.

Answer: Only when the heavens wept stardust during a meteor shower.

From page 1

What is Roxanne looking for in Blackout Alley?

Choices

  1. New throwing knives for the freak show.
  2. Fun rides and delicious treats.
  3. Something or someone who is lost. ✓
  4. A map to get out of the carnival.

Answer: Something or someone who is lost.

From page 2

What did Roxanne tell Madame Evangeline she was there to do?

Choices

  1. Find her lost bird.
  2. Get her fortune told.
  3. Collect a debt. ✓
  4. Ask for directions.

Answer: Collect a debt.

From page 3

What did the Night Weaver say Blackout Alley offers to people?

Choices

  1. Only sadness and regret.
  2. Power, secrets, and desires fulfilled. ✓
  3. A way to go home immediately.
  4. Delicious food and fun games.

Answer: Power, secrets, and desires fulfilled.

From page 7

How did the Night Weaver react when Roxanne attacked him with her dagger?

Choices

  1. He was scared and ran away.
  2. He got very angry and attacked back with a dagger.
  3. He deflected her attacks with ease because he was a being of pure shadow. ✓
  4. He immediately gave back the person Roxanne was looking for.

Answer: He deflected her attacks with ease because he was a being of pure shadow.

From page 8

What happened to the Night Weaver when Roxanne threw the meteor dust?

Choices

  1. He laughed even louder.
  2. His shadowy form disappeared completely.
  3. He screamed in agony as his darkness began to dissipate. ✓
  4. He turned into a bright light and flew away.

Answer: He screamed in agony as his darkness began to dissipate.

From page 10

Who stumbled out of the shadows as the Night Weaver weakened?

Choices

  1. Madame Evangeline.
  2. Old Silas.
  3. Daniel. ✓
  4. Another shadow figure.

Answer: Daniel.

From page 11

What happened to the Night Weaver when Roxanne plunged her dagger into the ground?

Choices

  1. He became stronger.
  2. He was consumed by light and shrieked. ✓
  3. He turned into an obsidian horse.
  4. He simply vanished without a sound.

Answer: He was consumed by light and shrieked.

From page 14

What was left behind when Blackout Alley vanished?

Choices

  1. A big pile of carnival rides.
  2. Only an empty field. ✓
  3. Many colorful tents.
  4. The obsidian carousel.

Answer: Only an empty field.

From page 15

What did Roxanne know would happen with Blackout Alley in the future?

Choices

  1. It would never return again.
  2. It would return with the next meteor shower, bringing new mysteries and dangers. ✓
  3. It would turn into a regular, happy carnival.
  4. It would become a permanent part of the town.

Answer: It would return with the next meteor shower, bringing new mysteries and dangers.

From page 17

Where did Roxanne and Daniel stand at the end of the story?

Choices

  1. In the middle of Blackout Alley.
  2. At the edge of the woods. ✓
  3. In an empty field.
  4. On top of the new tent.

Answer: At the edge of the woods.

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