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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 is Will's father disappointed in Will?
2. What is Ellie's parents' work status?
3. Why is Will hurt on the field?
4. Who is Nancy?
5. What poem is Ellie assigned to write a report on for class?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Ellie running with her father in a wooded area?
2. What do Ellie and Will talk about as they are floating in the pool?
3. How does Ellie relate Jennifer, Marco, Will, and Lance to the Arthurian legend?
4. Why are Ellie and her parents in Annapolis for a year?
5. What does Jennifer want when Ellie talks to her at Ellie's locker?
6. What happens as the teens prepare to go sailing?
7. What do Will and Ellie talk about on the widow's walk?
8. What does Marco do that confuses Ellie?
9. Describe Ellie's encounter with Mr. Morton at the football game.
10. How does Ellie find Lance and Jennifer together right before Ellie is leaving the party?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Avalon High belongs to the fantasy genre. Discuss the following:
1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the fantasy 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 fantasy and a historical novel or mystery?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss one of the following:
1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Avalon High.
2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Avalon High. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Avalon High. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
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