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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 is Will's relationship to Marco Campbell?

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

3. What is an extracurricular sport Liz enjoys?

4. Who smiles at Ellie as she is walking down the hall?

5. What is Will's father rumored to have done?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What poem is initially assigned to Ellie in class? How does she get a different one?

4. Why is Ellie running with her father in a wooded area?

5. What does Marco do that seems to be a deliberate attempt to upset Will?

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

7. What do Ellie and Will talk about as they are floating in the pool?

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

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

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

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think Avalon High is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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