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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. Who is Ebb's brother?

2. What does Simon wear to dinner at Baz's house for Christmas Eve?

3. What are the most powerful kinds of spells in the magical world?

4. Why does Penny say she will help Simon and Baz find Baz's mother's killer?

5. What does Penny bring a plate of to Simon and Baz at Baz's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Penny's father, Professor Bunce, study?

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

4. How is Baz's attitude towards Penny starting to change in Chapter 46?

5. In Chapter 65, why does Baz tell Penny and Simon he did not want to tell them he was kidnapped?

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

7. What does Agatha tell Simon in Chapter 49 that disappoints him to his core?

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

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

10. In Chapter 48, what do Simon and Baz do together that seems to represent a turning point in their relationship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the significance of Simon's and Baz's truce to the plot of the novel. What does the agreement to the truce pave the way for during the rest of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing the relationship between Lucy Salisbury and "Davy," or the Mage. Why are Lucy's friends concerned about her relationship with Davy? What ultimately happens to Lucy as a result of her going along with Davy's plans?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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