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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 happens just as Buckingham detains Cammie and Bex?

2. What does Bex try to say is Covert Ops homework when Macey comes into the suite?

3. What is Bex's driving like?

4. What does Cammie wonder about Josh as she is in the car?

5. Why does Cammie slip behind a tapestry downstairs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Cammie go to school and what type of school is it?

2. What do Liz and Cammie learn from the Dr. Pepper bottle that Josh had handled and why do they decide to go to his house that nigh?

3. What is Cammie's technique for tailing Mr. Smith?

4. How does Mr. Solomon upset Cammie? Why does Cammie choose not to mention it to her mother?

5. How do the girls contrive to have car troubles by Josh's house and what do they do there?

6. What happens to cause Bex and Macey to fight and who steps in to break it up and to mete out punishment?

7. What is the girls' mission that night for covert operations class?

8. What does the boy do who Cammie notices looking at her?

9. Describe the first day of covert operations class.

10. What does Cammie ask Macey concerning Josh and what is her reply?

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 I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You 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? Use examples from your own life and I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You to support your answer.

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

1. What is foreshadow? How many incidences of foreshadow are in I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You? How does foreshadow contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You including why you believe it is foreshadowing.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You and your own live to support your opinion.

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