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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 the Order of the Bear believe?

2. Why is a member of the other team taken off on a stretcher?

3. Where does the group go sailing the next day?

4. Why was Marco Campbell kicked out of school the year before?

5. What does Ellie see at the bottom of the ravine?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ellie feel at her first day at school?

2. Summarize what Ellie says about the Arthurian legend.

3. Who does Ellie see on the trail with the man she saw in the ravine?

4. What do Ellie and Will write to each other in emails when Ellie gets home from track tryouts?

5. What happens during the football game with Will, Lance, and one of the other team members?

6. What gossip does Liz tell Ellie about Will's family?

7. What does Jennifer want when Ellie talks to her at Ellie's locker?

8. What does Ellie notice when she runs by a ravine? Why does she think it odd?

9. What does Will do when he and Ellie pass a lemonade stand?

10. Why does Ellie pull out her school directory?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Avalon High, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in Avalon High. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Avalon High is one book in a series of novels involving Ellie and Will and many of the other characters.

1. What are two advantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Use examples.

2. What are two disadvantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Use examples.

3. Do you prefer to read a standalone book, or a series of books with the same main characters? Explain your response.

4. Do you think it is easier or more difficult (or about the same) to write a standalone book versus one in a series? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of good vs evil in Avalon High. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with good vs evil? Why? What are some symbols of good vs evil? Symbols of good? Symbols of evil? Which characters seem good? Which characters seem evil?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in Avalon High. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of destiny in Avalon High. Consider these questions and any others that come to mind: How is destiny portrayed in the lives of the main characters? How is destiny contradicted by the actions of the characters? What kind of destiny was changed by the end of Avalon High? What is the plot suggesting about destiny?

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