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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 Fabrizio see when he gets lost in the castle?

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

3. Where does Mangus go after talking with Teresina?

4. Where does Fabrizio encounter a number of guards?

5. What does Mangus reply to the person who wants to speak to him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Mangus ordered to do while traveling to the castle? Why is he ordered to do so?

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

4. Who has a conversation in the chapel? What is the gist of what they say?

5. Before whom are Mangus and Fabrizio brought? Why?

6. How does Mangus feel about the King's request?

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

8. Who is Fabrizio? What is he doing when Chapter 1 opens?

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

10. What happens when Mangus and Fabrizio are escorted to their chambers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an important part of what makes Midnight Magic interesting. Discuss the following "good" characters.

1) Thoroughly discuss and analyze Fabrizio. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

2) Thoroughly discuss and analyze Mangus. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

3) Thoroughly discuss and analyze the Princess. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Most protagonists are a mixture of admirable traits and character flaws, and Fabrizio is no exception. His determination and survival powers might contrast to his tendency to get lost in the palace and to appear clumsy. Discuss the following:

1) Trace and analyze situations when Fabrizio demonstrates his determination. Give specific examples to illustrate your analysis.

2) Trace and analyze Fabrizio 's character flaws offering specific examples of these flaws in your discussion.

3) Discuss how you think Fabrizio 's admirable traits helped him expose the count? Has his flaws impacted his life at all? Do any of the other characters in Midnight Magic seem to notice these flaws? Who? How does the reader know this?

Essay Topic 3

The Count, the Princess, the Queen, and the Prince have secrets. Secrets play a large role in the plot. Mangus wants to tell the King about the ghost ploy, but the others talk him out of it. It appears Mangus doesn't like secrets.

1) If a person keeps a lot of secrets, do you think she or he would have a difficult time trusting others? Why or why not? Use examples from your life and Midnight Magic to support your answer.

2) When the Queen and the Princess's secrets are revealed to Fabrizio and Mangus, the four begin to trust each other and almost become friends. Discuss why you think the relationship between these four changed with honesty. Use examples from your life and Midnight Magic to support your answer.

3) Is honesty always best? Was it reasonable and prudent for the Queen to have her secrets? Why or why not? Use examples from your life and Midnight Magic to support your answer.

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