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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Penny want to do for Simon more than anything in Chapter 4?
(a) Feed him.
(b) Protect him from danger.
(c) Ask him to be her boyfriend.
(d) Teach him how to manage his magic.

2. Why is Ebb so sad all the time?
(a) She has a brother whom she lost.
(b) She thinks she let down her husband when she could not save him from the Humdrum.
(c) She has no magic, and she misses it.
(d) She thinks she is not up to taking care of the goat herd.

3. What does Baz notice is strange about the dining hall situation in Chapter 29?
(a) All the first years are gone.
(b) Agatha in not sitting with Simon and Penny.
(c) All the teachers are in the dining hall, too, which never happens.
(d) There are chickens everywhere.

4. Who is Baz's best friend?
(a) Simon.
(b) Tony.
(c) Dec.
(d) Niall.

5. Who does Baz's mother tell Simon to tell Baz to seek out so he can find her true murderer?
(a) Gary.
(b) Ebb.
(c) Nicodemus.
(d) Fiona.

6. Which of the following does Simon look most forward to in coming back to Watford after break?
(a) The hiking trails.
(b) The teachers.
(c) The food.
(d) The musical performances.

7. What kind of spell did Fiona once cast on Simon?
(a) She made him invisible.
(b) She stuck his feet into the dirt.
(c) She turned off his hearing for a while.
(d) She made his head expand.

8. What is the consequence of a Watford student being caught in a dorm room of the opposite sex?
(a) They are forced to cook for all the other students.
(b) They are forced to clean out the goat pens.
(c) Expulsion.
(d) They are forced to wear a scarlet letter for one week.

9. Why does Lucy have trouble telling what she needs to tell in Chapter 6?
(a) Her voice has been stolen by an evil magician.
(b) Her voice does not carry.
(c) She does not know the right language.
(d) She does not know the right spell to cast to make someone understand her.

10. Who tries to kill Simon on the way to Watford in Chapter 3?
(a) Baz.
(b) Penny.
(c) The Humdrum.
(d) A goblin.

11. Who meets Simon at the train station outside of Watford?
(a) The Mage.
(b) A taxi driver he has never met with his name on a piece of cardboard.
(c) Penny.
(d) Baz.

12. What does Penny have in Chapter 35 that is against the rules at Watford?
(a) A pet.
(b) Banned books.
(c) A mobile phone.
(d) Makeup.

13. Why is the Mage hesitant to accept Simon's help in Chapter 20?
(a) Because the Mage always only works alone.
(b) Because the coven will not allow Simon to help the Mage.
(c) Because Simon can not control his powers enough and he is too unpredictable.
(d) Because Simon gets too sad when he does magic.

14. How does Baz react when Agatha approaches him in Chapter 38?
(a) He tells her to go back to her home with normals and forget about magic.
(b) He brushes her off.
(c) He kisses her.
(d) He tells her he can not be with her because he is a vampire.

15. Who are the two friends whom Baz goes immediately to talk to when he comes into the Watford dining hall in Chapter 29?
(a) Dev and Niall.
(b) Niall and Dec.
(c) Des and Norbert.
(d) Ant and Dec.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Simon informally known in the magical world?

2. Why is Simon so agitated that Baz has not yet returned to school at Watford?

3. What does Simon think about how Baz looks when he finally returns to school?

4. What does Simon see in the Mage's office when he catches Baz there that makes him soften towards Baz?

5. Why does Penny surmise that Agatha might be interested in Baz in Chapter 28?

(see the answer keys)

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