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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What object does Owen grab before entering the Kiel Gnomenfoot novel?
(a) A baseball bat.
(b) A copy of his book.
(c) A golf club.
(d) His schoolbag.

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

5. What is important about Bethany's father?
(a) He is fictional.
(b) He is ill.
(c) He is dead.
(d) He is famous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bethany go into books so often?

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

3. Why does the mysterious person accept Owen's plan?

4. The person who comes to Owen as he is in exile looks like what?

5. Owen notices that Bethany is reading which book during math class?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Owen take with him when entering the Kiel Gnomenfoot novel? Why?

2. Why does Owen remain calm, even in the middle of a space battle?

3. Whom or what does the Magister seek in the real world? Why?

4. What does the Magister want to understand about writers and their power?

5. After leaving the Kiel Gnomenfoot book, why does Bethany return to Owen's house?

6. How does Kiel feel about the Magister's actions?

7. What does Kiel Gnomenfoot think about the things Owen tells the Magister?

8. After Owen discovers Bethany's power, where does she take him? What is the effect of her demonstration?

9. How does Owen feel about fractions? Why?

10. Who is Charm, and what does Owen know about her?

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