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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 animal does the Mage sometimes use to send messages?
2. Who tries to kill Simon on the way to Watford in Chapter 3?
3. Why does the Mage tell Simon Baz may not have come back to school?
4. Who is Penny's roommate?
5. Who is Baz's mother?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Baz's Aunt Fiona want Baz to break into the Mage's office for?
2. In Chapter 26, what terrible spell does Simon remember Baz casting that affected Philippa instead of Simon?
3. What happens when the Mage tells Simon he must leave Watford in Chapter 7?
4. How does Simon Snow feel about Watford?
5. What kind of a relationship does Simon have with Ebb Petty?
6. In Chapter 21, what does the Mage resolve to do in regards to Simon?
7. What is Simon's attitude towards his roommate, Tyrannus Basilton (Baz) Pitch?
8. What is every eighth-year student at Watford tasked with doing by the end of the year in order to graduate?
9. Why does Agatha walk the ramparts hoping Baz will come back in Chapter 24?
10. What is the creature that Simon, Penny, and much of the magical world are so afraid of in the first few chapters of the book, and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Carry On, the reader understands whose Simon Snow's parents are and how his mother, Lucy, felt about him, but neither Simon nor any of the other main characters ever discover this information. Write an essay exploring why Rowell might have chosen to make the intriguing and somewhat unusual choice to reveal this important information to the reader but to keep it from the characters.
Essay Topic 2
Why is it so difficult for Baz to admit to anyone that he is a vampire, and what changes in his and Simon's relationship when he finally does? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Many relationships change and evolve during this novel, but none more dramatically than that between Simon Snow and Baz Pitch. Write an essay analyzing the evolution of Simon's and Baz's relationship.
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