1. What event does Ella learn that her father will be attending from her magic book? Who is supposed to be at the event, and what does Ella decide to do after reading about her father's plans?

2. How do Ella's mother and Mandy react to the gift bestowed on baby Ella? Why can't the magic be undone?

3. Why is Areida unpopular at school? How does Ella also become an outcast?

4. What does Mandy explain were the reasons why Eleanor married Sir Peter?

5. When Ella asks Hattie why she hates her, how does she know Hattie is telling the truth? What reasons does Hattie give for hating Ella?

6. Where does Ella go before she is to be sent away to school? What does she see there, and who does she meet?

7. What begins to pursue the coach on the journey to the girls' finishing school? How do they escape?

8. Where does Ella run away to during her mother's funeral? Who does she meet there?

9. What do we learn about ogres when Ella visit's the King's menagerie?

10. What do Hattie and Olive ask Ella for when they realize that she does whatever they ask of her?

Essay Topics

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Essay Topic 1

Discuss the different archetypes found in the novel "Ella Enchanted". What are some different types of archetypes and which can be found in the novel? What type of heroine is Ella?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Carson Levine's use of foreshadowing in the novel "Ella Enchanted"? What are some examples of foreshadowing? How do these examples affect the tone of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss conflict in "Ella Enchanted". Who is in conflict with who or what? How do the conflicts play out in the narrative? Are the conflicts resolved? If so, how?

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