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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kiel feel about the Magister's plan?
(a) He does not like it.
(b) He thinks it isn't strong enough.
(c) He thinks it is not effective.
(d) He agrees with it.

2. After the Magister demands Jonathan Porterhouse demonstrate his power, how does the author respond?
(a) He faints.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He agrees.
(d) He refuses.

3. Owen successfully battles enemy spaceships when he casts a spell that turns them to what?
(a) Plasma.
(b) Iron.
(c) Gold.
(d) Aluminum.

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

5. When Bethany misses her father, which book gives her comfort?
(a) Goodnight Moon.
(b) The Wizard of Oz.
(c) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
(d) To Kill a Mockingbird.

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

7. What is Bethany's third rule for Owen's behavior while he is in the novel?
(a) Do Not Look at Anything.
(b) Do Not Eat Food.
(c) Do Not Touch Anything.
(d) Do Not Change the Story.

8. When Bethany finally arrives home, what is her mother doing?
(a) Crying.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Working.

9. How does Owen prove he is telling the truth?
(a) He describes Charm.
(b) He shows them a Kiel Gnomenfoot novel.
(c) He relates facts he could only know by reading the books.
(d) He pets the cat.

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

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

12. Bethany explains that the fictional world cannot be changed because it is what?
(a) Already written.
(b) Two dimensional.
(c) Not real.
(d) Imaginary.

13. Owen is so shocked by Bethany's powers that he does what?
(a) Throws up.
(b) Hits his head.
(c) Faints.
(d) Laughs.

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

15. Even though Bethany wants Owen to leave her alone, part of her wishes she had what?
(a) A party.
(b) A study buddy.
(c) A friend.
(d) An adventure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Bethany leaves Owen's house, she tells him to never do what again?

2. When Owen is alone in his bedroom, who appears in a doorway of light?

3. Bethany remembers the disastrous consequences of what past event?

4. As Bethany leaves Owen's house, she does not notice what?

5. Why does she return to Owen's house?

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