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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Penny compare talking to Simon about Baz to?

2. Who catches Baz in the Mage's office?

3. What does Baz's mother ask Simon if he has done to Baz in Chapter 27?

4. The second time a woman appears to Simon in Chapter 27, what does she say?

5. What does Baz's mother give to Simon to give to Baz in Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Simon Snow like to think about his biological parents?

2. Why is Simon nervous and apprehensive about seeing Agatha, his girlfriend, for the first time coming back to Watford in Chapter 2?

3. What is every eighth-year student at Watford tasked with doing by the end of the year in order to graduate?

4. What is Simon's attitude towards his roommate, Tyrannus Basilton (Baz) Pitch?

5. What is the creature that Simon, Penny, and much of the magical world are so afraid of in the first few chapters of the book, and why?

6. Why does Agatha walk the ramparts hoping Baz will come back in Chapter 24?

7. What physical object does Simon most often, and instinctively, reach for when he is about to perform magic?

8. What does Baz's Aunt Fiona want Baz to break into the Mage's office for?

9. In Chapter 21, what does the Mage resolve to do in regards to Simon?

10. Why is it not possible for roommates at Watford to hurt each other inside their rooms?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Carry On, the reader understands whose Simon Snow's parents are and how his mother, Lucy, felt about him, but neither Simon nor any of the other main characters ever discover this information. Write an essay exploring why Rowell might have chosen to make the intriguing and somewhat unusual choice to reveal this important information to the reader but to keep it from the characters.

Essay Topic 2

Much of the novel is concerned with issues of power and control. Simon Snow possesses a huge amount of power, but he struggles to control it. Write an essay analyzing Simon's journey throughout the novel as he attempts to use his power for morally sound purposes.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the basis of the conflict between the Mage and the so-called "old families" like the Pitches. What is their fundamental disagreement about the world of magic?

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