Meadows said, "This morning you will be given placement-exams in all required subjects, both magical and nonmagical. You will be given a combination of spoken questions to answer orally, problems that require you to work at the blackboard, and tasks to perform at the big desk here. The questions, problems and tasks come in sets of five. When you fail four of the five, the placement-exam stops for that subject and the professor decides your level. Any questions so far?"