Chapter 10
What does the Angel Islington give Richard and Door to drink?
Wine from Atlantis
Describe Hunter’s dream.
She is fighting a beast, but starts dancing with it.
What item helps Richard survive the Ordeal?
A quartz bead from Ana's necklace.
What is in the Marquis’ silver box?
A duck egg.
What city did Islington originally watch over?
Atlantis
What does the Angel give to Richard and Door?
A small figurine of the Beast of London
Describe Door’s dream.
Door is a child and her father is teaching her how to open things.
What task does Hunter complete?
She wins the quarterstaff fight against the guard.
Who are the “Golden”?
The master rats, they are larger rats with golden fur.
What does Old Bailey buy at the Floating Market?
Old Bailey buys the Marquis' body.
Where does the Angel tell Richard and Door to go?
To the Black Friars
Describe Richard’s dream.
He is fighting the Beast of London with a spear.
What task does Door complete?
She answers a riddle.
What does Hunter notice about Richard after the Ordeal?
He seems more grown up and less childish.
Why did the Marquis allow Mr. C and Mr. V to torture him to death?
Because, “People tell you so much more when they know you're just about to be dead. And then they talk around you when you are.” (Gaiman, 311)
What item do Door and Richard need to get for the Angel?
A key from the Friars.
What noise does Old Bailey hear coming from his tent?
He hears a pulsing sound, like a faint heartbeat, coming from the Marquis' silver box.
What task does Richard have to face?
He has to face the Ordeal of the Key.
The Abbott says “We have lost the key, God help us all.” What sense of danger or wrongness do we glean from his words?
The key is dangerous and something bad might happen now that it's gone.
What happens to Door as a result of this betrayal?
She gets taken by Croup and Vandemar.
What information does the Marquis want from Mr. C and Mr. V?
Who are they working for, why did they kill Doors family, and why didn't they kill Doore when they had the chance.
What have Mr. C and Mr. V been doing to the Marquis?
Torturing and crucifying him.
Describe what happens to Richard during the Ordeal.
He is being psychologically tortured.
What is the Angel Islington dreaming about?
He was dreaming about the lost city of Atlantis sinking.
Who do Mr. C and Mr. V reveal as the traitor they mentioned in an earlier chapter? Why does this person betray Door and Richard?
Hunter. To get the legendary spear to kill the beast of London.