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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. The frightening sound Bethany heard upon returning to the home of Jonathan Porterhouse is caused by what?

2. What two books, the only ones remaining in the Porterhouse library, does Bethany use to defeat the goblins?

3. Bethany defeats the giant by sending him into which book?

4. Owen makes a mistake when he accidentally delivers what to Dr. Verity?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Bethany defeat the giant?

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

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

5. What does the Magister plan to do with all the writers of fiction?

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

7. What important information does Charm learn in the Original Computer?

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

9. What does Bethany tell the Magister about the importance of readers?

10. Describe the chamber in which Owen and Charm find the First Magician.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the importance of the First Magician and how he influences both the story and its themes.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the influence Bethany’s father has on her as character and on the story as a whole.

Essay Topic 3

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

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