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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. How does Ella punish her stepmother and sisters for their treatment of her?

2. What is the effect of the gift that Lucinda gives the giant couple?

3. Why won't Lucinda take back her magical gift to Ella?

4. What does Lucinda magically turn into a horses and coachmen to take Ella to the ball?

5. What is unique about the mushrooms Sir Peters wants Mandy to serve in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ella run away from the ball in Chapter 28?

2. How does Ella's changed curse return to normal again in Chapter 19?

3. What does Mandy discover about the mushrooms Sir Peter wants to serve when a suitor comes to see Ella?

4. Six months after Char has left for Ayortha, what does he directly ask Ella in a letter?

5. What does Sir Peter tell Ella on their way home from the wedding?

6. What gift does Lucinda bestow on Sir Peter and Dame Olga? How does Sir Peter react?

7. What do Ella and Char write about in their letters to each other? How does Char always close his letters, and how does Ella respond?

8. What does Mandy give to Ella on the night of the final royal ball?

9. Why doesn't Char ask Ella why she wears a mask? What does the Prince confide to Ella in Chapter 28?

10. What does Ella write in a letter to Char posing as Hattie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the character Ella. What are her defining character traits? What struggles and obstacles does she face throughout the novel? What are her goals and motives?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Ella's growth as a character. How does she grow throughout the novel? How is she able to do this? How does it change her relationship with Price Char?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the curse cast upon Ella as a baby. What is the curse and why does Lucinda cast this spell? Why is this spell seen as a gift to Lucinda but a curse to Ella? How does this curse affect Ella's life? How is she finally able to break the curse?

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