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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 is Baz's stepmother's name?
2. What does Penny bring a plate of to Simon and Baz at Baz's house?
3. Why does Penny say she will help Simon and Baz find Baz's mother's killer?
4. What is the incident in which Baz was turned into a vampire referred to?
5. Where does Simon go in the end of Chapter 66 with Agatha and Penny?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 44, what kind of spell does Simon attempt to stop the dragon that backfires?
2. In Chapter 65, why does Baz tell Penny and Simon he did not want to tell them he was kidnapped?
3. What interesting information does Simon learn from Ebb in Chapter 52 that he has to tell Baz immediately?
4. In Chapter 67, why did Simon leave Penny and Agatha on the way back to London to go back to Baz's house?
5. In Chapter 44, who do Baz and Simon assume is responsible for the attack on Watford that killed Natasha Grimm-Pitch?
6. Why is nursery rhyme language so powerful in spells, as outlined in Chapter 44?
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. In Chapter 62, what does Simon do to help Baz hunting?
9. Why does Baz tell Simon not to kill the dragon but only to try to subdue it?
10. What does Penny's father, Professor Bunce, study?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
So-called "compulsion" spells - those that force people to tell the truth, or to do something against their will - are restricted and advanced. When Simon accidentally casts on on Agatha, he immediately revokes it, but the damage has been done to their relationship (140). Write an essay analyzing what message Rowell is trying to send to the reader within this scene.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the basis of the conflict between the Mage and the so-called "old families" like the Pitches. What is their fundamental disagreement about the world of magic?
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