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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Lucy proud of Davy?
(a) He found a way to give magic to normals.
(b) He helped Lucy and many other women get better magical jobs.
(c) He cast the spell that helped the most people.
(d) He opened the doors of Watford to every child with magic.

2. Who is Penny's roommate?
(a) Trixie.
(b) Pamela.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Agatha.

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

4. What does Baz tell Simon that the Pitch house symbolizes in Chapter 17?
(a) Fire.
(b) Air.
(c) Soil.
(d) Water.

5. The gates at Watford say that magic separates those within from which of the following?
(a) The rest of the world.
(b) Consequences.
(c) Hats.
(d) The drudgery of life.

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

7. Who is Simon's girlfriend?
(a) Phillipa.
(b) Penny.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Agatha.

8. What spell does Simon almost accidentally cast on Agatha in Chapter 26?
(a) A spell of mind-reading.
(b) A spell of sleep.
(c) A spell of love.
(d) A spell of compulsion to force her to tell him the truth.

9. What is Simon's relationship to the Mage?
(a) There is no real relationship between Simon and the Mage.
(b) He is the Mage's heir.
(c) He is the Mage's brother.
(d) He is the Mage's cousin.

10. Why did the Mage have to make Simon his heir?
(a) So he would have some money.
(b) So he could do all the dark magic that is usually against the law.
(c) So he could inherit the Mage's sword.
(d) So he could attend Watford.

11. Who appears to Simon in Chapter 27 to speak to him about Baz?
(a) Simon's father.
(b) Penny.
(c) Baz's mother.
(d) Baz's aunt.

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

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

14. Which of the following do Simon and Baz have in common?
(a) They both have stepmothers.
(b) They both never knew their fathers.
(c) They both have nightmares.
(d) They both have friends named Penny.

15. What does the Humdrum create that is dangerous for magicians?
(a) Animals that will eat magicians.
(b) Dead spots where no magic can exist.
(c) Poison that will kill magicians.
(d) Spells that will paralyze magicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Simon's roommate at Watford?

2. Who meets Simon at the train station outside of Watford?

3. What creature does Baz try to use to kill Simon in their fifth year at Watford?

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

5. What does Miss Possibelf teach?

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