Dayven refuses to acknowledge his power and later his cousin Soren tells him that the Lordowner, Lord Enar, wants to see him.

If Dayven's people continue to have their way, they will make the land infertile and then move to somewhere new as they have done countless times before.

According to School Library Journal's Sharon Grover, The Wizard Test explores the following themes: "What is loyalty and to whom is it owed?

[2] School Library Journal's Sharon Grover found that the "slim book" asks and answers "hard questions", and will "spark much discussion".

[1] Booklist's Jennifer Mattson highlighted the novel's "clarity and brevity", which may make it more accessible to some readers.

Mattson further wrote, "Although Dayven's ideological shift is more an about-face than a natural evolution, there is satisfaction to be gleaned from the parallels to real-world collisions between heedless, exploitative conquerors and native peoples whose ways are as misunderstood as they are reviled".

[3] Kirkus Reviews noted that "action takes a back seat to Dayven’s internal struggles".

[2] Multiple reviewers commented on the novel's characters, with Publishers Weekly noting that they're "not as well-rounded as the author's previous cast".