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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. As Bethany is unconscious, a voice informs her that the Magister did what to her?

2. Dr. Verity informed Charm and Owen he was going to do what to their ship?

3. When Charm and Owen arrive in the chamber of the First Magician, they find him seated on a throne made of what?

4. What does the Magister want to do with all the writers of fiction?

5. How does the First Magician look when Charm and Owen first find him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bethany want Kiel to do to the townspeople? Why?

2. How do passersby react to seeing Kiel Gnomenfoot walking around the town?

3. Why is Owen afraid of the computer virus?

4. Why do Owen and Charm have to visit the Original Computer?

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

6. What is the trap that Bethany set for the fictional monsters?

7. How does Owen convince Charm that he is really Kiel?

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

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

10. As Bethany and Kiel are walking through the town, what do they see appearing up on a hill?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The line between fiction and reality is important to the novel. How can the real world be somewhat fictional? How does the fictional world mirror the real one?

Essay Topic 2

Books and stories are very important to the story. Discuss how Owen, Bethany, and Jonathan Porterhouse each view them. What point do you think the author is trying to make regarding the importance of books and stories?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze how the novel’s setting(s) influences the novel’s plot.

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