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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. How do Cammie and the Baxters get to the Gallagher School?

2. Who does Joe pull Cammie away from?

3. What does Cammie think about as she is looking at the crowd in Chapter 2?

4. How does Rebecca's father receive a warning in Chapter 2?

5. What is the class doing when Cammie enters Townsend's class?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the conversation between Cammie and the person she unexpectedly meets?

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

5. How does Cammie's first day in Covert Operations class start?

6. What happens with the Baxters and Cammie when they leave the British headquarters and how and where does she meet up with her Aunt Abby?

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

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Over the course of Only the Good Spy Young, Cammie grows as a person in both complexity and understanding. Only the Good Spy Young might be considered a slice of Cammie's larger story of his "coming of age." It might be said that Only the Good Spy Young is a "bildungsroman" of Cammie Morgan. Discuss the following:

1. Define Bildungsroman, or "Coming of Age," and give several examples from literature you have read.

2. Trace and analyze the character of Cammie as she changes from a more carefree, innocent girl to a wiser, young woman. What are the significant events that change Cammie?

3. After thoroughly analyzing Cammie's growth throughout Only the Good Spy Young, do you think Only the Good Spy Young could be considered Cammie's Coming of Age story? Why or why not?

4. Are there any other characters in Only the Good Spy Young who go through a Coming of Age experience? Who? Why do you think so?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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