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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. Which direction does Bink turn and face at the end of the chapter?

2. What was Bink contemptuously known as?

3. What effect does the shield appear to have on Xanth?

4. What is so important to the manticora?

5. How did Bink feel about the castle?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bink think he may have lucked out yet again?

2. Why are nicklepedes things to be feared?

3. What appears to be Wynne's curse?

4. What is situational magic?

5. What things does the storm cause Bink to reflect upon?

6. What is the significance of Humfrey and Beauregard?

7. What was the complication with the Shield?

8. What happened when Humfrey tried to reveal the nature of Bink's talent?

9. What is the shield and how did it come to be?

10. What does Iris want with Bink?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Illustrate Bink's change in attitude to the Evil Magician Trent? What events spawned this change?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the symbolism of Bink and Trent, and Iris and Chameleon. Compare and contrast them against each other.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast yourself against any character of your choice that appears in this book. What qualities do you admire in the created characters of Piers Anthony? What are qualities you feel you lack that you would like to improve on and why?

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