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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. What does Ellie think about when she goes to the girl's bathroom at school?

2. What does Mr. Morton think is going to happen to Will?

3. What does Mrs. Wagner say is missing from their home?

4. What does Ellie tell Mr. Morton she thinks he is?

5. What is the name of Will's boat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ellie face when she arrives at Mr. Morton's apartment? What does she do

2. What happens when Marco arrives at the conference room?

3. What does Ellie realize about the story about Arthur's birth and the gossip about Will's family?

4. Why does Mr. Morton say Ellie cannot help the situation?

5. Describe how Will learns about Lance and Jennifer's relationship.

6. What does Marco do with the sailboat when he spies a group of kids in an old, battered boat?

7. How does Ellie feel about what Mr. Morton is doing and what he told her?

8. What do Ellie and Jennifer talk about in the girls' bathroom?

9. What does Mrs. Wagner say when she calls Ellie that gets Ellie worried?

10. What happens in the aftermath of the revelation about Lance and Jennifer's relationship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ellie is relieved that no one bothers her with orientation on her first day and is happy that some "geeky girls" allow her to sit with them at lunch. She doesn't want to stand out, but she also doesn't want to be labeled as a loner or a nerd. Ellie is having her own issues; mainly she is insecure about everything. She feels she is too tall, not the kind of girl boys like, she is boring, etc.

1. Discuss Ellie's personality based on the first sentence above. Use examples from Avalon High and your own life to support your answer.

2. Pretend Ellie is your best friend and talk to her about her insecurities. Use examples from Avalon High and your own life to support your answer.

3. Discuss what might be the correlation between Ellie having two parents who are college professors and how she feels about herself. Use examples from Avalon High and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Meg Cabot.

2. What in Cabot's background may have helped her in writing Avalon High? What may have influenced the way she depicts various characters and scenes?

3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.

Essay Topic 3

Avalon High belongs to the fantasy genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the fantasy genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a fantasy and a historical novel or mystery?

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