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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. Why won't Lydia tell Harry her real name?
(a) A person's name has great power for a wizard and he could use it against her.
(b) She is one of his former acquaintances, and doesn't want him to recognize her.
(c) She was adopted as a baby and doesn't know her birth name.
(d) She is being pursued by the police and FBI.

2. What are ghosts, according to Harry's description in Chapter 5?
(a) Residual images of a person in the state they were in when they died.
(b) Intelligent spirits are bound to a place or event.
(c) Demons taking the form of people.
(d) Guardian angels taking the form of people that an individual would recognize.

3. Where does Harry send Lydia?
(a) To his apartment.
(b) To a hospital.
(c) To a church.
(d) To the police.

4. Who arrives to babysit for Michael in Chapter 20?
(a) Father Forthill.
(b) His mother-in-law.
(c) Susan.
(d) Micky.

5. What does Bob conclude about how the Nightmare can cross peoples' thresholds?
(a) It can't come in through doors, but it can come in through windows.
(b) It uses psychic magic, so it can attack someone from just outside their home.
(c) It can cross their threshold because they inadvertently invite it in.
(d) It doesn't have to cross their threshold, because they go to its realm when they dream.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Harry think the Nightmare really is, in Chapter 18?

2. What does Harry use to find Lydia?

3. What is Harry's last name?

4. According to Bob, why is Harry's magic depleted in Chapter 18?

5. What is Harry doing that causes the police to start following him in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Michael disapprove of the methods Harry used to escape from Lea?

2. What does Lea reveal to Michael in Chapter 6?

3. Who shows up at Harry's house in Chapter 11, and why?

4. What is odd about Harry's dream?

5. Why does Harry insist on receiving an invitation into the Malones' home, in Chapter 12?

6. What deductions is Harry able to make, despite the effects of the vampire venom?

7. Why doesn't Harry want to pursue Agatha Hagglethorn into the Nevernever?

8. What does Harry do to help Lydia, in Chapter 4?

9. Who is Harry Dresden?

10. What is Harry doing as the novel opens?

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