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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. What spell does Simon cast to distract the dragon?
(a) Your attention, please!
(b) Walrus!
(c) Hats off to you!
(d) Over there!

2. What does Baz tell Simon about how he feels after meeting the Humdrum in the woods behind his house?
(a) Burnt on the inside.
(b) Terribly sad.
(c) Dizzy.
(d) Hungry.

3. What does Penny ask Simon to do to her that Simon does not want to do in Chapter 45?
(a) Cut her arm with a knife.
(b) Push some of his magic into her.
(c) Cut her hair.
(d) Give her some of his dark books.

4. What do Simon and Baz see together in Chapter 48 that surprises both of them when Simon pushes his magic into Baz again?
(a) Stars.
(b) Mountains.
(c) Lakes.
(d) Birds.

5. Why does Penny's time flies spell not work when she and Agatha drive back to London in Chapter 68?
(a) Neither of them believe in Penny's magic.
(b) The traffic is too heavy.
(c) Penny did the spell wrong.
(d) Neither of them are having fun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one spell Penny casts to try to counter Simon's spell in Chapter 44?

2. Where does Simon go in the end of Chapter 66 with Agatha and Penny?

3. What is the incident in which Baz was turned into a vampire referred to?

4. What does Simon tell Penny about their investigation that shocks her in Chapter 65?

5. Where does Baz tell Agatha, Penny and Simon he was kidnapped from?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 67, why did Simon leave Penny and Agatha on the way back to London to go back to Baz's house?

2. In Chapter 44, what kind of spell does Simon attempt to stop the dragon that backfires?

3. Why does Baz tell Penny in Chapter 65 that the person who killed his mother could never have been someone in his family?

4. In Chapter 44, who do Baz and Simon assume is responsible for the attack on Watford that killed Natasha Grimm-Pitch?

5. In Chapter 62, what does Simon do to help Baz hunting?

6. How does Simon know that he can really trust Baz as they work together to find Natasha's killer?

7. What does Simon do for the first time with Baz in Chapter 44 that astounds both of them, as well as everyone else at Watford?

8. What interesting information does Simon learn from Ebb in Chapter 52 that he has to tell Baz immediately?

9. What does Agatha's father, Dr. Wellbelove, specialize in?

10. Why does Baz tell Simon not to kill the dragon but only to try to subdue it?

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