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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 kept at the history museum in Washington, D. C.?
2. How does Ellie feel about Marco at the end of the evening?
3. Who smiles at Ellie as she is walking down the hall?
4. What does Ellie see as she opens her eyes while floating in the pool?
5. Will pulls Ellie to the __________to talk to her.
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Marco do that seems to be a deliberate attempt to upset Will?
2. How does Ellie relate Jennifer, Marco, Will, and Lance to the Arthurian legend?
3. What does Jennifer want when Ellie talks to her at Ellie's locker?
4. Why does Ellie pull out her school directory?
5. Describe Ellie's encounter with Mr. Morton at the football game.
6. What do Ellie and Will write to each other in emails when Ellie gets home from track tryouts?
7. What does Will do when he and Ellie pass a lemonade stand?
8. What do Ellie and Will talk about as they are floating in the pool?
9. What does Marco do that confuses Ellie?
10. How does Will interact with Ellie's parents?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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. 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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