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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 Mr. Baxter use the final leg of the journey to teach?

2. Who comes into the class that makes Townsend change his plans for the class?

3. What does Cammie demand of the British operative?

4. With what do the girls drug Townsend?

5. For what does Cammie tell the British operative she is angry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Baxter do on the final leg of the journey to the Gallagher Academy?

2. What does Cammie tell the others about Solomon, what do the girls insist is true and what else are the girls worried about?

3. What happens with Cammie after she is taken away to be questioned?

4. What is Cammie doing at the beginning of Chapter 1 and who does she unexpectedly see?

5. How do Cammie and the others feel when walking to their dorm and why?

6. How does Cammie end up with Joe Solomon, where does he take her and what is said to him there?

7. What do the girls see and do when they arrive at their dorm room?

8. What happens when Cammie hears what Townsend has to say?

9. What is different about the surroundings at dinner, who is missing, who is taking her place and what do the students do before they eat?

10. Where does the van go in which the Baxters have Cammie and what happens immediately after they get there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Only the Good Spy Young.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Only the Good Spy Young. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Only the Good Spy Young. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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 Ally Carter.

2. What in Carter's background may have helped him in writing Only the Good Spy Young? What may have influenced the way he 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

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in Only the Good Spy Young. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of freedom in Only the Good Spy Young. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess freedom? Who feels trapped? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of identity in Only the Good Spy Young. Who struggles with knowing who they are? Who seems to be confident in their identity? How is identity conveyed in Only the Good Spy Young?

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