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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 Holly put in her mouth before blasting off to the surface?

2. How do fairies keep from being seen?

3. What does Artemis know about fairy magic now that he has translated the Book?

4. What kind of a character does Root have according to his crew?

5. Where are the Butler children sent at the age of 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Fowl family history?

2. How do Artemis's feelings about his mother's illness conflict?

3. Specifically, how do Butler and Artemis find Holly?

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

5. How does magic play an essential role in Chapter 4: The Abduction?

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

7. What shocks Holly about Artemis and Butler?

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Eoin Colfer mostly eliminate the characters of Artemis's parents? How does this drive the plot?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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