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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 doesn't Artemis want to stick around once he gives the sprite the second vial?

2. What information does the Book contain?

3. What is a sprite?

4. What is Artemis hoping the web site that he kept running twenty-four hours a day would show him?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is there a need to go to the surface because a troll is there?

2. How do Holly's choices show her to be an independent creature?

3. How does Artemis use technology?

4. How is the translation of the Book a challenge for Artemis?

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. What is Foaly's role in the agency?

7. How it the theme of magic introduced in Chapter 2?

8. What is the Fowl family history?

9. What is the relationship between Artemis and Butler?

10. What shocks Holly about Artemis and Butler?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How is trickery used throughout the novel? How does the trickery add to the suspense of the tale? How does the trickery make the characters more dynamic?

Essay Topic 3

How is the novel both futuristic and folklore? How does that enhance the storyline?

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