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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 the Hunter's apprentice believe he is witnessing the beginning of?
(a) His rise to power.
(b) A long boat ride.
(c) His Master's return.
(d) His Master's defeat.

2. What conclusion has Sally come to about Jenna?
(a) That Silas is not her father.
(b) That she is not a wizard.
(c) That she is the Princess.
(d) That she is spoiled.

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

4. What is Hunter sure that Sally can provide him with?
(a) Food for his group.
(b) Information.
(c) Connections.
(d) Transportation.

5. What surprises Boy 412 when he makes a list to ease his turmoil?
(a) There are more good things than bad things.
(b) It is unbalanced.
(c) He wants to go back to the Young Army.
(d) He fears their rejection.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Wendron Witches looking for?

2. What does the sentry think is going on?

3. Who does Silas see coming out as he arrives home?

4. Why does Boy 412 think he had such an easy time with a disappearing spell when he tries it for the first time?

5. Who helps Silas find his way back?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sally Mullins tell Sarah Heap six months after Jenna's arrival? Why is this knowledge significant?

2. Why is DomDaniel's apprentice excited?

3. Who shows up and Marcia's house and why? What is Jenna disappointed at first?

4. What is a Shieldbug, and what are they good for?

5. How does Marcia manage to save the Muriel and her passengers from the Hunter and his men?

6. Why is Marcia reasonably certain that Sally will be safe?

7. What does Silas illegally rescue from the school? Why do these items require rescuing? Where does Silas take them? What use are they?

8. What does Alther discover when he leaves Silas and the canoes and goes to Marcia's apartment in the Wizard's Tower?

9. What do Marcia and Jenna find when they get back to the Wizard's Tower? Why has this happened?

10. How do Silas, Jenna, the sentry, Nicko, Marcia and Maxie escape from the assassin? Where do they end up, and what complication arises as a result?

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