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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. The author explains the final novel in the series has what twist?

2. Owen tells Bethany that the Magister has what item in his study?

3. What does the Magister want with other fictional characters?

4. What is important about Bethany's father?

5. Bethany explains that the fictional world cannot be changed because it is what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kiel feel about the Magister's actions?

2. What does Owen take with him when entering the Kiel Gnomenfoot novel? Why?

3. What are Bethany's three rules for Owen while he is in the fictional world? Why does she tell him to follow these rules?

4. Why does Owen remain calm, even in the middle of a space battle?

5. What does the Magister want Bethany to do for him? Why?

6. What does Bethany plan to do with the Everlasting Gobstopper?

7. What happens when Owen and Bethany visit the Magister's tower?

8. Who is Nobody, and how does Owen meet him?

9. How does Owen feel about fractions? Why?

10. What does Kiel Gnomenfoot think about the things Owen tells the Magister?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the influence Bethany’s father has on her as character and on the story as a whole.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze how the novel’s setting(s) influences the novel’s plot.

Essay Topic 3

Books and stories are very important to the story. Discuss how Owen, Bethany, and Jonathan Porterhouse each view them. What point do you think the author is trying to make regarding the importance of books and stories?

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