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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 the main reason Sally never really liked the drink?

2. What does Morwenna tell Silas has come into the hub of the Castle?

3. How does the Hunter leave Sally?

4. What hobby does DomDaniel's apprentice enjoy?

5. What does Marcia suggest the Heaps do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Marcia do with Zelda's desk, and how does Zelda feel about it?

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

5. Who does the Message Rat bring a message to Aunt Zelda's for, and what does the message contain?

6. 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?

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

8. Who usually gets Boy 412 out of bed and how?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Which character or characters enjoy being able to fly? How is it that they are able to? How many characters in this story have that ability? Which character uses this particular talent to leave and why? Who still waits for him to return? When is this most evident?

Essay Topic 3

What spell does Marcia attempt to teach everyone in the house? Who balks, claiming they already know one, which is sufficient? Where does Marcia get the spell from? What is the spell called and when do they have occasion to actually use it? Who is left out at that time and why?

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