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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 does the grandmother gnome warn Ella about?

2. What does Ella realize Hattie must wear?

3. What does Ella find out Hattie is afraid of?

4. After hearing Ella's explanation for why she obeyed the ogre, what does Prince Char think?

5. What does Dame Olga notice Ella is lacking when the girls prepare to leave for school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ella explain her willingness to obey the ogre to Char in Chapter 7?

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

3. How does Ella save herself from the group of ogres that intends to eat her?

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

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. How does Ella feel when she tries to disobey orders given to her?

7. What gift does the fairy Lucinda give to Ella when she is born? How does the gift backfire?

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

9. How does Ella say she was able to get the baby gnome to follow her? What does the grandmother gnome prophesize about Ella's future?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the genre of the novel "Ella Enchanted". What is the genre of the work? What elements are found in this genre and this novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the different magical elements in the story. What are some examples of when magic is used for good and when magic is used for bad? How does magic help and hinder Ella along the way?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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