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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Chapters Eleven and Twelve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Linus that "The Department in Charge of Magical Youth is a farce" (58)?
(a) Ms. Chapelwhite.
(b) Charles Werner.
(c) The ferryman.
(d) The train attendant.

2. In his DICOMY report in Chapter Eleven, what does Linus say he finds surprising about Zoe?
(a) That she spends a lot of time with the children.
(b) That she has such powerful magical abilities.
(c) That she does not attack any of the townspeople.
(d) That she is so much older than she appears.

3. When Linus and Zoe are walking through the forest together in Chapter Eight, what does Linus mean when he thinks, "If Talia had come to him with her shovel, he didn't think he'd have stopped her" (135)?
(a) He feels like he needs someone to "dig him out" of the situation he is in.
(b) He thinks he should be punished for what he has come to the island to do.
(c) Is is a dark joke about wanting to die because he is so exhausted.
(d) It is a reference to Talia's ability to make almost anything grow.

4. In Chapter Eleven, what does Linus discover when he is chasing Calliope?
(a) A cellar.
(b) A tree fort.
(c) An abandoned building.
(d) A hidden boat.

5. What is the name of the master of the orphanage at Marsyas Island?
(a) Arthur Parnassus.
(b) Albert Pontefract.
(c) Ulysses Gordon.
(d) Umberto Gyrismata.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the letter that Linus gets from DICOMY at the end of Chapter Twelve, what does Werner hint at?

2. On page 37, Linus enters a "rotunda." What feature of a room does this word describe?

3. What does Ms. Chapelwhite tell Linus to do while he waits for her to pick him up at the train station?

4. How does Lucy display his power when Linus first meets him?

5. What kind of tree does Phee tell Linus about at the end of Chapter Ten?

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