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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 Rebecca demand of her parents in the beginning of Chapter 4?

2. What is taking place at the school that night?

3. What do Rebecca's parents call to Cammie in Chapter 1?

4. To whom does Cammie say good-bye when they reach their destination?

5. How does Townsend look when he arrives at class?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Solomon say to Baxter's suggestion, what does he tell Cammie, and then what does he do?

2. What does the narratative in Chapter 15 say about Townsend and what do the girls do about him?

3. What does Townsend do when the class starts, why does Cammie get upset and what does she do about it?

4. What do the girls see and do when they arrive at their dorm room?

5. What is different about the surroundings at dinner, who is missing, who is taking her place and what do the students do before they eat?

6. Where does the van go in which the Baxters have Cammie and what happens immediately after they get there?

7. What happens when Cammie hears what Townsend has to say?

8. How does Townsend look when he arrives at class the second day, what does he decide to do with the class and what changes his mind?

9. What do the girls write up in their "Covert Operations Report?"

10. What does Buckingham tell Cammie and Rebecca about their adventures in London and who sees them right after they talk to him? What does she say to them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss Only the Good Spy Young based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Only the Good Spy Young is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider Only the Good Spy Young a successful novel? What about young teens?

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast the characters of Cammie and Zach. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of Rachel and Zach's mother. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in Only the Good Spy Young help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following to discuss:

1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in Only the Good Spy Young. Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Carter chooses the symbols he does?

2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Carter chooses the metaphors she does?

3. Discuss Carter's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, clifthangers, deux ex machina, etc...), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Carter use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme).

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