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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 Boy find on the sandy bottom of the cave he is in?

2. How does Boy 412 usually get woken up?

3. Who is in charge of the Muriel?

4. Where are the Heaps going to go?

5. Where does Marcia take Jenna when they leave the Heap house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the sentry Marcia finds outside the Wizard's Tower? What is he afraid of?

2. Why does Silas go into the forest, and what does he return with? What does he sense on the way back?

3. What story had Jenna and her best friend Bo often told each other, and what had Jenna said that upset Bo?

4. When did Silas first meet Morwenna Mould, and what circumstances placed her in his debt?

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

6. What does Morwenna Mould tell Sarah when she and Galen take the children to the Midwinter feast day, and how does she respond?

7. On what day does information of the Princess emerge? What is the bearer of this news asked to do, and when?

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

9. What is a Boggart?

10. What did Alther learn from DomDaniel and become so adept at that he taught Marcia, who now uses it against DomDaniel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Magyk is filled with spells, charms and enchantments. What are they, and what do each of them do? Which side of magyk do each of them fall on - Light or Darke - and who employs them?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Silas Heap? What does he share with his family? What happens to the son that his wife, Sarah, gives birth to last? Why is this considered by all to be a tragic situation? How does Silas handle it? What is the truth behind this entire event? How long does it take before Silas and Sarah uncover it? In which chapter is one of the parents given the first hint that things might not have been what they seemed?

Essay Topic 3

What does Jenna get from her father for her tenth birthday? Why is she disappointed at first? What changes that? What does she name her gift? Who shares her love for it later? Why does it develop a liking for him?

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