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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. What does Bink wish he could do at the end of Chapter 5?

2. What is the standard test of a supernatural being?

3. What was the key word Bink said to pacify the needle cactus?

4. Who did Bink meet in the cave?

5. What was the first thing the lizard metamorphosed into?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bink's motivation to seek out the Good Magician Humphrey?

2. What is the significance of Humfrey and Beauregard?

3. How did Trent's tenure in Mundania change him?

4. What are Bink's considerations regarding the chasm?

5. How is the geis on the Spring of Life's water self serving?

6. What was the Covenant about?

7. How does Bink view his long trip around the Gap?

8. How does Trent feel about Mundania?

9. Why does Magician Trent need Bink?

10. What are the differences in the history lesson given by Cherie and the one given by the centaur tutor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast this work of fantasy with any other fantasy book of your choice. Which, in your opinion is better, and why? Be sure to compare character descriptions, plot, writing style and mood.

Essay Topic 2

How is Magician Trent's idea of controlled colonization good for the whole of Xanth? Why is it that Bink disagrees with Trent? Whose side in this argument do you take, and why?

Essay Topic 3

Why would Xanth be a threat to Mundanes, enough so to cause an international issue? Explain how this could be as though you are a representative of Xanth talking to a representative of Mundania. Create an argument to dissuade the Mundanians from attacking.

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