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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. Why can't Holly retrieve the beast from the human town?

2. What symbol leads Artemis to the reading of the Book?

3. How long have the Butlers been serving the Fowls?

4. How does Holly physically get to the surface on her mission?

5. On the Internet, what were the fairies referred as?

Short Essay Questions

1. What characteristics does the author give to Artemis in the first chapter?

2. What is the Ritual?

3. What other side of Artemis is revealed in Chapter 4?

4. What kind of a character is Angeline Fowl?

5. What is Butler's role and how is this a reversal of whom he would be expected to be as opposed to Artemis's role in the mind of a reader?

6. Why are Root's expectations of Holly so high?

7. Why does Holly lie to Root about her magic being low?

8. How is the book set up as a fantasy in the first chapter?

9. How is the sprite's way of life unexpected?

10. What does the opening of the fairy Book reveal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the plot suspenseful? Use specific events to show the suspense and explain why it is used.

Essay Topic 2

In what ways does technology play a role in the plot of the novel? What would the story be like without the technology? Is the technology consistent with the period that the novel is stated to be set in?

Essay Topic 3

From the beginning of the novel to the end, trace the knowledge that the reader is given concerning the ways of the fairies. Does Colfer portray fairies as other writers have done? How does Colfer's depiction differ from other stories the reader knows? How are they similar?

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