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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 was the apprentice to Alther Mello?

2. Why does Boy 412 think he had such an easy time with a disappearing spell when he tries it for the first time?

3. What does Marcia give Jenna?

4. What worries Boy 412 about Marcia's response?

5. Who is Jenna?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Silas, Jenna, the sentry, Nicko, Marcia and Maxie escape from the assassin? Where do they end up, and what complication arises as a result?

2. What does Sally Mullins tell Sarah Heap six months after Jenna's arrival? Why is this knowledge significant?

3. Why is Marcia reasonably certain that Sally will be safe?

4. What does Alther discover when he leaves Silas and the canoes and goes to Marcia's apartment in the Wizard's Tower?

5. How does Marcia learn that the Heaps are in danger? Who is particularly in trouble, and what does Marcia recommend?

6. Who shows up and Marcia's house and why? What is Jenna disappointed at first?

7. What is a Shieldbug, and what are they good for?

8. Why is DomDaniel's apprentice excited?

9. How does the Hunter discover the direction taken and the mode of transportation used by Silas, Marcia and the others?

10. What does Silas illegally rescue from the school? Why do these items require rescuing? Where does Silas take them? What use are they?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Marcia, Silas, Jenna, Boy 412, and Nicko escape from the Hunter when he almost catches them on the way to Deppen Ditch? Who almost ruins their escape, how, and why? Who does Aunt Zelda send to help them find their way to the cottage? How are his intentions almost mistaken?

Essay Topic 2

Boy 412 finally accepts an invitation to be Marcia's apprentice. What are the terms? What does she provide him upon his acceptance as part of the tradition handed down? What does he ask for as his one 'Anything He Wants' offer from Marcia? What does he discover as a result? How does he feel about it?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Boy 412? Where is he found and by whom? What happens that causes Boy 412 to be fearful? What has Boy 412 been taught that he learns is untrue? When and where is he when he discovers the truth? How did Boy 412 almost ruin things for himself and those with him? What happens that changes his mind?

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