Think You Know Your "Magyk"? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Gringe

Marcia became the ExtraOrdinary Wizard right after Alther was shot and killed by the Assassin. Silas heard of Marcia's new position from Gringe the Gatekeeper, who said that Marcia has, "Class."

Answer: Sarah

Sarah guessed this when Sally Mullin came for a visit and told Sarah the latest gossip from the Castle-that the Queen was dead and that the baby Princess was missing.

Answer: He turned into a tree

Silas's father was a Shape-Shifter, and as he grew older, his Shape-Shifting grew more unstable until he was changing from one shape to the next all the time. Eventually, Silas's father disappeared into the Forest and permanently turned into a tree-though no one knew which one.

When Silas walks in the Forest, he'll occasionally stop and make a small comment to a tree, hoping that maybe it's his father.

Answer: Cats

Boy 412, looking very ridiculous in his yellow boots and floppy hat, was throwing the snowballs as something to do on his long watch. One accidentally hit Marcia, who was none too pleased.

Answer: False

Maxie is actually descended from the Maghul Maghi wolfhounds.

Answer: Twenty-one

The top two floors belong to the ExtraOrdinary Wizard, and on each floor under that there are two Wizard apartments.

Answer: Red

Muriel is green with red sails.

Answer: DomDaniel's Apprentice

The Apprentice figured this out because the name of the boat, Muriel, was backwards.

Answer: Silas

The Marshfire looked like Aunt Zelda carrying a lantern, so Silas was going to meet her. But then he fell into a Quake Ooze bog and was slowly being sucked under by the Brownies. Boggart came to the rescue by using his Boggart Breath to repel the screaming creatures.

Answer: A rabbit

Aunt Zelda had rescued the rabbit from the clutches of a Marsh Lynx. The rabbit was a first very frightened, but it eventually recovered. Aunt Zelda thought that Boy 412 would be similar.

Answer: "Speeke, Rattus Rattus"

When Stanley first came to Aunt Zelda's cottage, Silas tried to allow him to speak. But he only got the words correct on the third try.

Answer: Boy 412

Jenna could Fade into Aire, too, but she had to say the words first. Nicko didn't even try, since he has no intention of being a Wizard.

Answer: Lucy Gringe

Simon and Lucy had known each other since they were fourteen and had been in the same dance class. When they were older, they ran off to get married, but Lucy's father, Gringe, stopped it from happening.

Answer: 101

The Supreme Custodian had infested the Rat Office with his own rats. The black rat made Stanley non-Confidential and then sent him out to Aunt Zelda's with a fake message from Silas, though it was really from the Supreme Custodian.

Answer: Gerald

The Hunter tries to avoid using his name whenever he can. The Supreme Custodian, however, insists on calling him "Gerald," much to the Hunter's irritation.

Answer: Yes

When the canoe carrying the Apprentice, the Hunter, and one of the Magogs is coming, Aunt Zelda sends the Boggart out to spy on them. The Apprentice sees Boggart and shoots him.

Answer: I.P.

"I.P." stands for "Infant Princess," and it's a named bullet. Named bullets, Aunt Zelda explains, will always find their targets.

Answer: The Apprentice

DomDaniel thought that he could win over the inhabitants of Zelda's cottage with his pitiful, "I've floated on that board all night" story if he was disguised as the Apprentice. He had everyone (especially Jenna) fooled, but Marcia had seen the real Apprentice's dead body, so she knew that the one sitting in the cottage must be an imposter.

Answer: Yes

Aunt Zelda used the full moon and the Mott to tell her and the others about Boy 412's family. Everyone thought it was just their reflections showing, but Marcia could guess because she had noticed that only her image had disappeared from the watery scene.

Answer: Boy 412

What happened was that the Matron Midwife-after setting baby Septimus down in the nursery-had picked up her own child, Merrin, and was holding him when the Assassin came into the room. The Assassin, thinking that Merrin was the baby she was ordered to steal, grabbed him and ran. Septimus was left for the Young Army, while Merrin was taken to DomDaniel and made into...the Apprentice.