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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 Zach tell Cammie about Solomon?

2. What does Cammie finally decide Solomon looked like on the bridge?

3. Where do the girls go when they leave the school?

4. What is in a large cavern Zach and Cammie enter?

5. How does Cammie and her friends leave the school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Zach and Cammie go when they leave the target room and what happens right after Zach and Cammie retrieve the journal?

2. What does Cammie find that is directed at her personally when she investigates what Joe said to her?

3. Where do Zach and Cammie go after they retrieve the journal and what do they see there?

4. What does Cammie say about the security measures in the sub-basement?

5. Where does Townsend take Cammie and her friends, why does he say they are going there and what does Cammie tell Rebecca?

6. How does Cammie get into a conversation with Mr. Smith and what does he tell her?

7. How does Cammie get to a secret meeting as the result of the message to her?

8. What does Zach tell Cammie when he comes to her at night?

9. What does Cammie do when she leaves the shed and what does she realize?

10. What does Cammie do with the journal at first and what happens when she does it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many readers of fiction place themselves in the position of one character, wondering if they would do the same thing as that character. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think one of the values of literature is to serve as a reflection of oneself? Why or why not?

2. Socrates said "Know thyself." How can reading a book such as Only the Good Spy Young help a reader to know him/herself? Do you find yourself reflecting on your own character and abilities when reading Only the Good Spy Young? Why or why not.

3. Choose one specific incident in Only the Good Spy Young to discuss and compare one of the characters' response to how you think you would respond.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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