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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. Why is Katsa's group given the best room at the inn?

2. What does Katsa wonder about King Leck?

3. What worries Katsa about the size of the council?

4. What does Raffin say about why Po keeps his ability to himself?

5. Why does Helda think Katsa needs a woman servant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Po figure out about Katsa's Grace and about her morals because of the Council?

2. How is Katsa feeling the second evening on their way to Monsea, what does Po suggest, what do they end up doing about Katsa's feelings?

3. What does Po want to do after he sees his grandfather, and what does he propose to Katsa?

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

5. Where does Katsa go after she leaves the hideout, who does she meet and what does she say to them? Why does she chastise herself?

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

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

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

9. Where do Oll, Giddon and Katsa stay when they finish their mission with the borderlord and what happens there?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

Trace and analyze the theme of power throughout "Graceling".

Trace and analyze the theme of magic throughout "Graceling".

Trace and analyze the theme of evil throughout the book.

Trace and analyze the theme of love throughout the story.

Trace and analyze the theme of being a strong and independent woman throughout "Graceling".

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

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of "Graceling", identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement.) Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in "Graceling". (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot.) Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

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