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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 Vicky write and show her grandfather?

2. What is Vicky's father planning to do this summer?

3. Where does Vicky sleep?

4. Where does Vicky's grandfather keep his collection of thousands?

5. Who seems to be missing when Vicky wakes in the middle of the night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Grandfather's house originally, and how has he integrated the design into his own lifestyle?

2. What does Mrs. Rodney offer to do with Grandfather?

3. Why do Leo and Vicky go back to the emergency room and who does Vicky see?

4. What does Vicky say about her relationships to Leo and Zachary when John inquires?

5. What do Vicky and Adam do with the dolphins and how does Adam feel about it?

6. What does Vicky not worry when she notices Rob is gone in the middle of the night, and what does she learn later from Rob?

7. What do Vicky and Adam talk about over breakfast?

8. About whom does Adam ask Vicky?

9. What happens after Vicky and Zachary go flying?

10. Who is Adam and what does he ask Vicky at Commander Rodney's wake?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Vicky matures and grows throughout the book.

1. What do you think might be some of the reasons Vicky is maturing? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Do you think Vicky's maturity shown in the book is unrealistic in the short amount of time period the book covers? Why or why not?

3. Discuss the ways that Vicky shows changes in her maturity in the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss the character of Vicky. What are her strengths? Weaknesses? How does she evolve over the course of the story? Is she likable at the beginning of the story? At the end of the book? Do you think she is a protagonist or antagonist? Why

2. Thoroughly discuss the character Zachary. What are his strengths? Weaknesses? How does he evolve over the course of the story? (or does he?) Is he likable at the beginning of the story? At the end of the book? Is he trustworthy? Wise? Would you want him as a friend? As an enemy?

3. Thoroughly discuss two other characters of your choosing. What are their strengths? Weaknesses? How do they evolve over the course of the story? (or do they?) Are they likable at the beginning of the story? At the end of the book? Are they trustworthy? Wise? Would you want them as friends? Are they likely to be enemies?

Essay Topic 3

"A Ring of Endless Light" belongs to the young adult novel genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the young adult novel 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 young adult novel and a historical novel mystery?

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