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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first to realize that they are chasing a mirror image?
(a) The Hunter.
(b) Boy 412.
(c) An oarsman.
(d) DomDaniel's apprentice.

2. What process must each member of the household go through so that Shield Bugs recognize them and are willing to protect them?
(a) Creating the spell.
(b) Catching the bugs.
(c) Injecting the bugs.
(d) Imprinting the bugs.

3. What does Marcia suggest the Heaps do?
(a) Wait for her at the tavern.
(b) Beg for forgiveness from the Supreme Custodian.
(c) Take their sons and hide in the forest.
(d) Move to another kingdom.

4. What does Marcia do when she sees the Hunter coming?
(a) Hides the boat.
(b) Disappears.
(c) Mutters the word 'Dive.'
(d) Takes the others into the trees to hide.

5. Who is the only person with whom Boy 412 has ever shared secrets?
(a) Boy 410.
(b) Girl 312.
(c) Boy 411.
(d) Boy 409.

6. What spell does Marcia teach those who do not already know at Zelda's?
(a) A Fog spell.
(b) A Disappearing spell.
(c) A Shape-Shifting spell.
(d) A Freezing spell.

7. How does the Hunter leave Sally?
(a) Unconscious.
(b) In a horse-drawn wagon.
(c) Hiding and afraid.
(d) Locked in her burning cafe.

8. What does Sally try to do?
(a) Find Sarah to tell her what is going on.
(b) Talk them into coming to the cafe where she can talk to them.
(c) Convince Silas to go home to his wife.
(d) Shame Marcia into stopping their affair.

9. How will the Heaps travel?
(a) On foot.
(b) By sailboat.
(c) By horse-drawn carriage.
(d) They won't.

10. What does Silas discover on the way home?
(a) A pair of boots.
(b) A coat.
(c) A baby.
(d) An axe.

11. What hobby does DomDaniel's apprentice enjoy?
(a) Collecting rocks.
(b) Drying flowers.
(c) Carving.
(d) Collecting ants.

12. What is Silas's wife named?
(a) Wendy.
(b) Sally.
(c) Marcia.
(d) Sarah.

13. Where are they when they come to a halt down the rubbish chute?
(a) The forest entrance.
(b) The water's edge.
(c) The Heap residence.
(d) The Riverside Amenity Rubbish Dump.

14. Who reveals the direction Silas and his group left in and their mode of transportation?
(a) The dishwasher.
(b) The Hunter dressed in a Hanseatic League tunic.
(c) The busboy in the kitchen.
(d) Sally.

15. How old is Septimus?
(a) Toddler.
(b) Three.
(c) Newborn.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sally give Silas before he leaves Galen's?

2. What do the Heaps name the little girl?

3. What is Silas Heap taking home as the story opens?

4. Who is Silas taking this home for?

5. Who is the first to notice the Hunter's boat returning?

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