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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. What does Baz say he will do as soon as he finds out who killed his mother?
(a) Have Simon kill that person.
(b) Kill that person.
(c) Tell his own father about that person.
(d) Refer the person to the Mage.

2. In Chapter 51, why does Baz find the idea of marrying Agatha appealing?
(a) He really likes Agatha.
(b) They would marry their family fortunes and become very wealthy.
(c) His father would love it.
(d) It would mean he could do the work he has always wanted to do.

3. Why does Penny's time flies spell not work when she and Agatha drive back to London in Chapter 68?
(a) Penny did the spell wrong.
(b) Neither of them believe in Penny's magic.
(c) Neither of them are having fun.
(d) The traffic is too heavy.

4. Why does Simon say he did not tell Penny about Baz's mother's apparition to him?
(a) He was not able to tell Penny because of a spell preventing him from doing it.
(b) He wanted to tell Penny about his own mother first.
(c) It seemed like Baz's business.
(d) He can not really trust Penny.

5. Who cast healing spells on Baz after he was bitten by the vampire?
(a) Fiona and his father.
(b) His mother and his sister.
(c) Simon and Penny.
(d) Agatha.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Penny's boyfriend?

2. What does Baz tell Simon about how he feels after meeting the Humdrum in the woods behind his house?

3. What does Nicodemus learn about Ebb in Chapter 70?

4. What expression do many of the Mages use to mean surprise or disbelief?

5. What is Baz's 7 year-old sister's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Baz tell Penny in Chapter 65 that the person who killed his mother could never have been someone in his family?

2. In Chapter 44, who do Baz and Simon assume is responsible for the attack on Watford that killed Natasha Grimm-Pitch?

3. In Chapter 44, what kind of spell does Simon attempt to stop the dragon that backfires?

4. How does Simon know that he can really trust Baz as they work together to find Natasha's killer?

5. In Chapter 65, why does Baz tell Penny and Simon he did not want to tell them he was kidnapped?

6. Why does Penny really bring Agatha to Baz's house in Chapter 66?

7. What interesting information does Simon learn from Ebb in Chapter 52 that he has to tell Baz immediately?

8. In Chapter 48, what do Simon and Baz do together that seems to represent a turning point in their relationship?

9. In Chapter 67, why did Simon leave Penny and Agatha on the way back to London to go back to Baz's house?

10. How does Baz get turned into a vampire?

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