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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 Po get into his castle?

2. What does Po have Katsa do because she is feeling edgy?

3. What does Po suggests to Katsa they can do?

4. What does Katsa wonder about King Leck?

5. What does she think the Graced fighter is doing with her at the dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Katsa and Po spend their first night on the road, and what do they tell each other?

2. How does Katsa feel about Po's fighting abilities and why?

3. What does Katsa think about Tealiff being kidnapped?

4. How do Po and Katsa decide to get to Monsea and what does Katsa wonder about with King Leck?

5. What happens with the guards of the borderlord, and what does he say when he is confronted by Katsa?

6. Where do Po and Katsa spend their second night on the road and what upsets Katsa in the common room?

7. What happens with Katsa and Po at the archery range?

8. What is Katsa doing at the beginning of the book, and what does she do with the people who would stop her?

9. What does Lord Davit say at dinner the night Katsa meets the fighter, and where does the council meet that night?

10. Why is Katsa upset with Randa and what does Giddon tell her about Randa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many novels, and perhaps a majority, of novels ends on a happy note. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not?

2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of "Graceling" and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why "Graceling" is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.

3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?

2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?

3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?

4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?

5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Whenever reading a science fiction or fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains concepts or ideas that are not a part of the "real" world. In the case of "Graceling", much of the setting may seem familiar to the reader (i.e. it is in the "real" world), though there are new ideas and terms to learn. Discuss the following:

1. Find five terms that are a part of the world of "Graceling" that occur in the "real" world but are used differently in "Graceling".

2. Define the words as used in "Graceling's" world and compare those five words as to how they are currently used in the American English language.

3. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a science fiction or fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of "Graceling". Did you have to look up any words? What does it mean to learn a word through its context? Do you have to do that in this book? Which word(s)?

4. Were there any words you never really understood from "Graceling"? Which ones?

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