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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is notable about Charm?
(a) She is half-fictional.
(b) She is half-robotic.
(c) She is half-magical.
(d) She is half-alive.

2. For a moment, Owen wonders if the mysterious person who visits Owen in exile might be whom?
(a) Jonathan Porterhouse.
(b) Kiel in disguise.
(c) Bethany's father.
(d) Dr. Verity.

3. What secret of Charm's does Owen know, thanks to being a reader?
(a) He knows Charm secretly likes Kiel.
(b) He knows Charm is a wanted criminal.
(c) He knows Charm is afraid of heights.
(d) He knows Charm is secretly practicing magic.

4. Owen notices that Bethany is reading which book during math class?
(a) Through the Looking Glass.
(b) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
(c) Jane Eyre.
(d) War of the Worlds.

5. The Magister punishes Jonathan Porterhouse by imprisoning him where?
(a) On the lowest floor of the house.
(b) In the pantry.
(c) On the top floor of the house.
(d) In the bathroom.

6. Bethany plans to buy Owen's silence with what fictional object?
(a) A chocolate bar.
(b) Kiel's magic wand.
(c) An Everlasting Gobstopper.
(d) Dorothy's ruby slippers.

7. Where does Owen's mother do for a living?
(a) She is a teacher.
(b) She is a librarian.
(c) She is a writer.
(d) She is a doctor.

8. Bethany is dismayed to find Owen's room is filled with what?
(a) Old, broken books.
(b) Dirty sneakers.
(c) Old food.
(d) Old toys.

9. Owen wants to go into the last Kiel Gnomenfoot book in order to do what?
(a) Take a ride on Charm's spaceship.
(b) Pet the Magister's cat.
(c) Meet Kiel.
(d) Save the Magister from Dr. Verity.

10. How does Owen tempt Bethany into going into the Kiel Gnomenfoot novel?
(a) He tells her the Magister has a spell that could find her father.
(b) He tells her the Magister has a spell that will make them immortal.
(c) He tells her the Magister has a spell that will make them rich.
(d) He tells her the Magister has a spell that would do their homework.

11. What does the Magister understand about the books in Owen's room?
(a) They can predict the future.
(b) They are very old.
(c) They do contain magic.
(d) They are all about him.

12. What does the Magister want with other fictional characters?
(a) He wants to contain them.
(b) He wants to enthrall them.
(c) He wants to free them.
(d) He wants to destroy them.

13. Bethany's mother has forbidden her from doing what?
(a) Talking to boys.
(b) Celebrating her birthday.
(c) Eating in class.
(d) Jumping into books.

14. As Owen is in exile, what is all around him?
(a) A white blankness.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Thick walls of steel.
(d) Laser beams.

15. Bethany remembers the disastrous consequences of what past event?
(a) Her first school dance.
(b) Moving to a new neighborhood.
(c) Her fourth birthday party.
(d) Starting a new school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bethany's first rule for Owen's behavior while he is in the novel?

2. What is the name of Charm's spaceship?

3. When Bethany is caught reading during class, Owen notices she has what on her chin?

4. What is Alphonse?

5. As Owen is posing as Kiel, what will the mysterious person be doing?

(see the answer keys)

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