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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 is grabbing at Lucy in Chapter 41?
2. When did the magical dead spots begin appearing?
3. What does Baz tell Simon to do with his cross in Chapter 62?
4. What is the incident in which Baz was turned into a vampire referred to?
5. Where does Simon go in the end of Chapter 66 with Agatha and Penny?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Simon do in Chapter 61 to stop Baz from killing himself that shocks both of them?
2. In Chapter 65, why does Baz tell Penny and Simon he did not want to tell them he was kidnapped?
3. How does Simon know that he can really trust Baz as they work together to find Natasha's killer?
4. Why does Penny really bring Agatha to Baz's house in Chapter 66?
5. What does Simon tell Baz when Baz asks how it is possible for him not to know whether or not he is gay?
6. Why is nursery rhyme language so powerful in spells, as outlined in Chapter 44?
7. Why does Baz tell Simon not to kill the dragon but only to try to subdue it?
8. How does Agatha react when Penny brings her to Baz's house in Chapter 65?
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. What is Simon's first impression when he walks into the den of vampires with Baz in Chapter 60?
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
How does Simon sharing his magic with Baz - physically pouring it into Baz's body - seem to pave the way for a more physical, sexual intimacy between the two young men later in the book? (258). Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing Rowell's decision to have Simon and Baz more openly express their love for each other and reveal their homosexual relationship to the world by the novel's end - whereas earlier in the book, both young men were reluctant to let anyone know about the true nature of their feelings for each other. Why do you think Rowell chose end the book this way?
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