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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 does Mr. Morton yell at Ellie?

2. Who does Ellie think is nice?

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

4. Why does Ellie decide to go for a run when she gets home from school?

5. What does Will say about his mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ellie's encounter with Mr. Morton at the football game.

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

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

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

5. What does Marco do that confuses Ellie?

6. Why is Will being pressured by his father?

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

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

9. How does Ellie relate Jennifer, Marco, Will, and Lance to the Arthurian legend?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ellie confronts her fears by going to the party and seeing Will. Not only does she confront fears about social situations with popular people, but she also needs to make sure that Will and Jennifer are a true couple. Will feels that he has met Ellie before, perhaps in a different life. He tells Ellie that Lance and Jennifer think he is nuts, but he believes what he is telling Ellie.

1. Discuss what Ellie demonstrates about herself by confronting her fears and going to Will's party. Use examples from Avalon High and your own life to support your answer.

2. Discuss what Ellie demonstrates about herself that she wants to make certain that Will and Jennifer are a couple so she does not interfere with that. What does this say about her values, her morals, and her character? Use examples from Avalon High and your own life to support your answer.

3. Do you think a person can meet a stranger and feel like they've known that person? Why or why not? Use examples from Avalon High and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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