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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 Sally drink when she sees the Hunter and his group coming her way?

2. Who is the only person with whom Boy 412 has ever shared secrets?

3. Who sent a message to Silas?

4. Where is the sentry who stood outside the Tower?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Marcia object when the first of the sentries arrive at the Wizard Tower? What does she suspect the real reason for their presence is?

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

5. What does Jenna tell Boy 412 after he reveals the ring he found to her?

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

8. Why is DomDaniel's apprentice excited?

9. What kind of food does Aunt Zelda, serve and why is it so special to Boy 412?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Marcia do that irritates Zelda? What kind of alterations does she make? Why is Zelda so disturbed by them? What is left behind when Marcia is done? What was Marcia looking for, and what did she find that would help them all?

Essay Topic 2

How do Marcia, Silas, Jenna, Boy 412, and Nicko escape from the Hunter when he almost catches them on the way to Deppen Ditch? Who almost ruins their escape, how, and why? Who does Aunt Zelda send to help them find their way to the cottage? How are his intentions almost mistaken?

Essay Topic 3

Who is the first to realize that there is someone else on the boat? What countermeasures are taken, and how effective are they? What is the damage done by the attempts to stop Jenna, Nicko, and Boy 412?

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