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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who saves Baz from his kidnapping?
(a) His father.
(b) Penny.
(c) His Aunt Fiona.
(d) Simon.

3. What spell does Baz use on the dining hall doors in Chapter 29?
(a) Alohamora.
(b) Open Sesame.
(c) Spring lock.
(d) Lock and key.

4. Who is Simon's roommate at Watford?
(a) Baz.
(b) Neil.
(c) Dec.
(d) Jordan.

5. What does Simon's magic smell like to baz?
(a) Like tea.
(b) Delicious, like meat cooking.
(c) Smoky and sticky, like campfire wood.
(d) Like sweet flowers.

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

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

8. What does Agatha have of Baz's on the ramparts in Chapter 26 that greatly upsets Simon?
(a) A picture of Baz.
(b) Baz's handkerchief.
(c) Baz's puppy.
(d) A sock of Baz's.

9. How does Simon's magic work that is different from everyone else he knows?
(a) It is invisible.
(b) It is soundless.
(c) It creates money.
(d) It goes off like a bomb rather than flowing nicely.

10. What does Simon think about how Baz looks when he finally returns to school?
(a) Like he has been ill.
(b) Like he does not really know who he is.
(c) Like he has been working out.
(d) Like he has been casting a lot of spells.

11. What does Miss Possibelf teach?
(a) Magic Trees.
(b) Magic Hats.
(c) Magic Words.
(d) Magic Food.

12. Why does Agatha have reservations about staying with Simon?
(a) She really loves another boy at Watford.
(b) She thinks she might be gay.
(c) She does not really love him enough.
(d) She thinks he will break up with her.

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

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

15. Why does the Mage take personal things from the homes of the Old Families?
(a) To remind them who is really in charge.
(b) To sift through them to see if there is anything there he can use against Simon.
(c) To prevent them from leaving the country with them.
(d) To sell them so he can buy a big new house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appears to Simon in Chapter 27 to speak to him about Baz?

2. Who is Simon's girlfriend?

3. Why is Ebb so sad all the time?

4. What does Penny have in Chapter 35 that is against the rules at Watford?

5. Who is Baz's best friend?

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