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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Holly upset at the beginning of Chapter 3 when the reader first meets her?
(a) Commander Root is in love with Holly.
(b) Holly is not a qualified officer.
(c) Commander Root is angry that he got the first female officer.
(d) Holly has made a mistake on her first day at work.

2. How did Artemis Senior lose a large amount of the family fortune?
(a) In the stock market.
(b) He made the Russian Mafia angry.
(c) He stole a missile.
(d) He blew up 250,000 cans of soda.

3. What does Nguyen have as proof of the existence of the sprite?
(a) A Polaroid snapshot.
(b) A videotape.
(c) A piece of her clothing.
(d) A potion she had made.

4. Who does Nguyen pretend to be?
(a) A guard.
(b) A spy.
(c) An elf.
(d) The waiter.

5. What trouble is Artemis having with the Book?
(a) Translation.
(b) Understanding the magic.
(c) Using the spells.
(d) Opening it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What web site is constantly running in Artemis's office?

2. Which skill is NOT taught to a Butler?

3. What is Butler reading at the end of Chapter 1?

4. What place does Holly wish to visit on her trip to the Ritual site?

5. What is Artemis hoping the web site that he kept running twenty-four hours a day would show him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Ritual?

2. What is Artemis's true motivation for his quest?

3. Why is there a need to go to the surface because a troll is there?

4. What is Butler's role and how is this a reversal of whom he would be expected to be as opposed to Artemis's role in the mind of a reader?

5. What other side of Artemis is revealed in Chapter 4?

6. What objects are used to indicate that this is a modern/futuristic novel?

7. Why does Holly lie to Root about her magic being low?

8. Parts of Chapter 1 show a sense of humor from the author. Where is the humor?

9. Specifically, how do Butler and Artemis find Holly?

10. What characteristics does the author give to Artemis in the first chapter?

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