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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. When Bethany returns to the real world, she finds herself where?

2. In order to find the Seventh Key, where do they need to go?

3. After leaving the ship, where do the Science Soldiers take Charm?

4. While at work in the computer, what does Charm discover regarding the location of the Source of Magic?

5. Bethany wants Kiel to use his powers to do what to the tower?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Dr. Verity blows up Charm's ship, what happens to Owen and Charm?

2. What does the Magister want with Merlin? How does Merlin respond?

3. How can Charm and Owen recreate the Seventh Key?

4. Where has the Magister hidden Jonathan Porterhouse? What is ironic about this?

5. How does Owen enter the Original Computer?

6. How has the Magister hurt Kiel? How is Kiel still powerful?

7. How does Charm defeat the "zombified" First Magician?

8. According to the Magister, what happens at the end of the last Kiel Gnomenfoot book?

9. Why does the Magister send Bethany into a memory of her fourth birthday party?

10. What two objects does Charm give Owen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by alternating viewpoints of view. How does viewing the events of the novel from both Owen’s viewpoint as well as Bethany’s affect the story? How would the book be different if the reader only experienced one character’s perspective?

Essay Topic 2

Owen experiences great change over the course of the novel. In what ways does he change and in what ways does he remain the same? By the novel’s end, is he better for these changes? Explain your opinion using examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how fictional objects and creatures—such as the Everlasting Gobstopper, the Pegasus, and a shrink ray—have powerful effects in the real world. How does each have a positive effect on the characters, and how does each have a negative effect?

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