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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 does Agatha know her family hopes of her in a marriage scenario?

2. What spell does Baz cast to seal his truce with Simon?

3. What does Simon learn is Ebb's full name in Chapter 52?

4. What spell does Baz offer to cast in house house to put Simon's mind at ease if he visits?

5. What does Penny ask Simon to do to her that Simon does not want to do in Chapter 45?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nicodemus refuse to tell Simon and Baz who Natasha Grimm-Pitch's killer is, even when threatened with death?

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

3. Why does Penny really bring Agatha to Baz's house in Chapter 66?

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

5. How does Agatha react when Penny brings her to Baz's house in Chapter 65?

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

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

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

9. What does Penny know her father is lying to her about in Chapter 59?

10. Why is nursery rhyme language so powerful in spells, as outlined in Chapter 44?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the different facts and complications involved in Baz's memories of and feelings towards his mother, citing specific references to the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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