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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 do some of the students speculate on the first day of school?
2. What do Rebecca's parents call to Cammie in Chapter 1?
3. Where is Cammie at the beginning of Chapter 4?
4. What does Rebecca's father talk about concerning ravens.
5. What does she tell Cammie about Cammie's difficulties in London?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What happens with Cammie after she is taken away to be questioned?
3. What do the girls find out from Townsend?
4. 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?
5. What does Cammie think about doing as she is removing her skates and what does she decide?
6. Where does the van go in which the Baxters have Cammie and what happens immediately after they get there?
7. What does Solomon say to Baxter's suggestion, what does he tell Cammie, and then what does he do?
8. What do the girls write up in their "Covert Operations Report?"
9. What makes Cammie feel uneasy and what happens shortly after her feeling that way?
10. What happens when Cammie hears what Townsend has to say?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Only the Good Spy Young is one book in a series of novels involving Cammie. Discuss the following.
1. What are a couple advantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Use examples.
2. What are a couple disadvantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Use examples.
3. Do you prefer to read a standalone book, or a series of books with the same main characters? Explain your response.
4. Do you think it is easier or more difficult (or about the same) to write a standalone book versus one in a series? Explain your answer.
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
There are a number of interesting questions raised by Only the Good Spy Young. Questions that Carter most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:
1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?
2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Carter' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Carter' probable agenda concerning that idea.
2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?
3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?
4. Research the life of Carter and see if/where his life may have influenced his writing.
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