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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. Who shows Fabrizio back to his rooms?

2. What does Mangus suspect once stood in an empty niche?

3. What does Teresina say about how the ghost communicates with her?

4. What does Fabrizio accidentally do when Mangus and he are alone?

5. What does the Princess ask Fabrizio to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Teresina say about her experience with a ghost?

2. What does the Count ask Fabrizio when he encounters him in the corridor?

3. What does Teresina say the ghost wants and who does she think the ghost is?

4. How often does Teresina see the ghost? Has anyone else seen it?

5. What does Teresina say the ghost wants? What is the King's response?

6. What is the setting of Midnight Magic?

7. Describe the circumstances of Fabrizio's first encounter with the ghost.

8. What happens as Fabrizio is finding his way to the kitchen?

9. What does Rinaldo explain to Fabrizio? Who comes into the chapel as the two are talking? What happens next?

10. Who is Teresina set to marry in two days? Why is she marrying so soon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mangus does not believe in ghosts. Mangus is a man of reason, as he often points out. Therefore, he will not be searching for ghosts, but logical explanations for what Teresina has been seeing.

1) Do you think that science can explain everything? Why or why not? Use examples from Midnight Magic and your own life to support your answer.

2) There is a saying that we see what we want to see. Explain, in depth, how this saying would relate to the statement above. Use examples from Midnight Magic and your own life to support your answer.

3) Defend or refute the following statements, using examples to support your answer: When most people see or hear something that contradicts what they believe, they will find a rationalization to support their belief.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1) Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Midnight Magic.

2) Trace and analyze one major theme of Midnight Magic. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3) Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Midnight Magic. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 3

Many readers of fiction place themselves in the position of one character, wondering if they would do the same thing as that character. Discuss the following:

1) Do you think one of the values of literature is to serve as a reflection of oneself? Why or why not?

2) Socrates said "Know thyself." How can reading a book such as Midnight Magic help a reader to know him/herself? Do you find yourself reflecting on your own character and abilities when reading Midnight Magic? Why or why not?

3) Choose one specific incident in Midnight Magic to compare Fabrizio or Mangus's response to how you think you would respond in the same situation.

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