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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. In Chapter 11, which student does not perform the spell Mrs. Weatherberry asks of the students during their first lesson?

2. What surrounds Madame Weatherberry's academy as protection?

3. In Chapter 11, what do all the students do as part of their first lesson?

4. In Chapter 10, why do Lucy's parents say they can no longer take her on the road with them?

5. In Chapter 15, how do the rest of the students react to Xanthous's revelation of his big secret?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 16, what does Madame Weatherberry finally reveal to Brystal that confirms her suspicions about the Northern Conflict?

2. In Chapter 13, what happens to Brystal and Lucy in the woods?

3. In Chapter 14, what does Madame Weatherberry tell Brystal about Horence's life story?

4. In Chapter 10, why is Lucy upset about her own magical abilities?

5. In Chapter 9, what protects Madame Weatherberry's school from the dangerous forest around it?

6. In Chapter 10, what does Brystal learn about Lucy from eavesdropping on the conversation in Madame Weatherberry's office?

7. In Chapter 13, who saves Lucy and Brystal from the witch hunters and how does the person save them?

8. In Chapter 11, what does Madame Weatherberry give Brystal to help direct and hone her magic?

9. In Chapter 13, why does Lucy run away from the magic academy?

10. In Chapter 11, what does Emerelda correctly answer when Madame Weatherberry asks what the difference between a wound and a scar is?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing the meanings behind the four categories of magic - improvement, rehabilitation, manifestation, and imagination - citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Colfer reveal Brystal's incredible capacity for compassion and kindess throughout the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How do the High Justices, people like the Edgars, and the leaders of the four kingdoms all deliberately benefit from society's fear of magical creatures, and of differences in general? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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