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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. Abby had once cried herself to sleep when thinking of _________ and of marrying such a solemn man.

2. Zedd admits that the spell might be an act of ___________ but he also says that sometimes that's all that's left to do.

3. Zedd says there will also be a need to assign boundary ___________ to ensure people do not pass through the boundaries.

4. The Mother Confessor and the sorceress struggle to run into the ____________ during the spell.

5. Zedd says that the __________ seems to have slipped his mind and then he apologizes for being more forgetful as of late.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Abby now allowed to do since the First Wizard and she are connected through the debt of bones?

2. Why doesn't Delora initially listen to Zedd when he asks her to talk to the troops about their plan?

3. What does Zedd tell the people of Coney Crossing about the role of Abby in their safety?

4. What does Abby try to apologize to Zedd for, though he tells her to be quiet?

5. What does Abby scream for Zedd not to do when the figure in the long black coat approaches him?

6. What is the plan that Zedd shares with Abby when they are going back to Coney Crossing to help her village?

7. Where does Zedd put Abby in the middle of the spell that is is going to cast on the people in the land?

8. Why is Abby safe in the middle of the spell that Zedd is casting, even though she can feel its intensity and power?

9. Why wasn't Zedd's daughter dead after all, as Zedd explains to Abby in the end of the story?

10. What does Abby hear when the ground seems to split open during the spell that Zedd has cast?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Abby is bringing with her a bone to symbolize a debt which must be repaid, although she does not know what this means.

Part 1: Do you think that all debts must be repaid in full?

Part 2: Why do you think Abby was not told the full story of the bone and the debt to which it refers?

Part 3: Do you think that it's fair to ask someone else to pay for a debt that you owe?

Essay Topic 2

Abby saves the child of Zedd, though she is upset that she could not save her own child too.

Part 1: Why do you think Abby was so willing to save the child of Zedd?

Part 2: Do you think you would have tried to save your own child first had you been in Abby's shoes?

Part 3: Do you think the needs of others should always come before the needs of yourself?

Essay Topic 3

At the end, Zedd erects a boundary between the worlds in order to keep magic from living with non-magic.

Part 1: Do you think it's necessary to erect a wall between these two worlds?

Part 2: What do you think will happen in the future with a boundary between magic and non-magic?

Part 3: Do you think that Zedd believes the magic and non-magic should not coexist?

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