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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 evidence is there that Ella has fairy blood?

2. After hearing Ella's explanation for why she obeyed the ogre, what does Prince Char think?

3. How do the girls and coachmen get away from their pursuers?

4. Who is Lucinda?

5. What does Mandy reveal to Ella in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Ella go before she is to be sent away to school? What does she see there, and who does she meet?

2. What makes Ella happy on her journey after running away from finishing school?

3. What do Hattie and Olive ask Ella for when they realize that she does whatever they ask of her?

4. After arriving at school, why is Ella able to quickly pick up on all of her subjects?

5. Where does Ella run away to during her mother's funeral? Who does she meet there?

6. What does Ella learn about Hattie's hair from her magic book?

7. When Ella asks Hattie why she hates her, how does she know Hattie is telling the truth? What reasons does Hattie give for hating Ella?

8. What does Mandy confess in Chapter 4? Why did Mandy keep her identity a secret?

9. What begins to pursue the coach on the journey to the girls' finishing school? How do they escape?

10. How does Ella say she was able to get the baby gnome to follow her? What does the grandmother gnome prophesize about Ella's future?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of love and romance in the novel "Ella Enchanted". Describe the love story between Ella and Price Char. How do they meet? What are some romantic moments shared between them? What conflicts do they face in their relationship? Do they have their happy ending?

Essay Topic 2

Why might Carson Levine have chosen to include an epilogue? How does the epilogue change one's experience of the novel? Does the epilogue go in a different direction than expected? Would the novel be substantially different if the epilogue was not included?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss conflict in "Ella Enchanted". Who is in conflict with who or what? How do the conflicts play out in the narrative? Are the conflicts resolved? If so, how?

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