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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. When Ella tells a playmate about her curse, what does her playmate make Ella to?

2. Who do Ella's mother and Mandy think might be able to break Lucinda's magic?

3. What does Ella's mother slip into before dying?

4. Which of the following is Ella NOT forced to do by Hattie?

5. What area does Ella reach after traveling for several days?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the elves give Ella a piece of Elfian art?

2. Who comes along to help after Ella stops the ogres from eating her?

3. What does Mandy confess in Chapter 4? Why did Mandy keep her identity a secret?

4. Why does Ella have tiny feet?

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

6. What difficulties does Ella encounter in her sewing lesson?

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

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

9. What happens when Ella tells one of her playmates about her curse?

10. Where does Sir Peter want to send Ella with Hattie and Olive? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why might Carson Levine have chosen to include an epilogue? How does the epilogue change one's experience of the novel? Does the epilogue go in a different direction than expected? Would the novel be substantially different if the epilogue was not included?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of family in the novel "Ella Enchanted". Who are the members of Ella's family? Who are the members of her stepfamily? How important is family to Ella? What obstacles does Ella face because of her family?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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