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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. What happened to the First Wave children?

2. What does Bink believe to be an untrustworthy ally?

3. Bink thinks about doing something. What is it?

4. What does Bink call the second person exiled from Xanth, just as he is removed?

5. What is the main issue with the beautiful young woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Humfrey tried to reveal the nature of Bink's talent?

2. What is Magician Trent's plan?

3. Why was the Fourth Wave the most important and meaningful to the human population of Xanth?

4. What are the differences in the history lesson given by Cherie and the one given by the centaur tutor?

5. What is situational magic?

6. What features does the Gap Dragon possess that make him suited to the terrain of the Gap?

7. Why does Bink refuse the offer of the Sorceress?

8. How was the night with the Sorceress not one Bink could have afforded?

9. What was the complication with the Shield?

10. What appears to be Wynne's curse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Imagine a sorceress or magician gave you a similar offer as Iris gave to Bink. Would you take it? Why or why not? What would motivate/hold you back from accepting this offer?

Essay Topic 2

What was the importance of Bink and Fanchon safeguarding their individual interests even when confined together? How was this an intelligent move on both their parts?

Essay Topic 3

In ways other than magic, in what ways do Xanth and Mundania differ? What elements of Mundane nature are more barbaric and uncivilized than the Xanthians? Explain why you've taken these points of view.

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