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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 Townsend at Gallagher?

2. Who is rushing around at the beginning of Chapter 3?

3. Where do Cammie and her friends go when they leave their room?

4. Why does Rachel say she was with the CIA the longest?

5. Who knows the man they have subdued?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Baxter do on the final leg of the journey to the Gallagher Academy?

2. What does Rebecca tell their friends after dinner and what has them worried?

3. How does Cammie end up with Joe Solomon, where does he take her and what is said to him there?

4. What is Cammie doing at the beginning of Chapter 1 and who does she unexpectedly see?

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

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

7. How do Cammie and the others feel when walking to their dorm and why?

8. What happens with Cammie after she is taken away to be questioned?

9. What do the girls find out from Townsend?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Ally Carter.

2. What in Carter's background may have helped him in writing Only the Good Spy Young? What may have influenced the way he depicts various characters and scenes?

3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.

Essay Topic 2

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 Only the Good Spy Young, 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 Only the Good Spy Young. (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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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