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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 Ellie chatting with Liz after school?

2. What does Ellie leave the bleachers to do?

3. About what is Ellie's father writing a book?

4. What is Will's relationship to Marco Campbell?

5. What does Ellie do that is out of character for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens as the teens prepare to go sailing?

2. How does Ellie feel about Marco after Will has left the two of them in the hall?

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

4. How does Will interact with Ellie's parents?

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

6. Why are Ellie and her parents in Annapolis for a year?

7. Why does Ellie pull out her school directory?

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

9. What do Will and Ellie talk about on the widow's walk?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. Who is/are the protagonists of Avalon High and why?

2. Who is/are the antagonists of Avalon High and why?

3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?

4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?

5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

There are a number of interesting questions raised by Avalon High. Questions that Cabot most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?

2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Cabot's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Cabot's probable agenda concerning that idea.

3. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

4. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

5. Research the life of Cabot and see if/where her life may have influenced her writing.

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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