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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 long does it take Cammie and the others to arrive at the amusement park?

2. What awakens Cammie?

3. What is behind a glass wall?

4. What are the girls asked when they return to the house?

5. What does Townsend tell Cammie about Rachel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the girls return upstairs?

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

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

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

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

6. How do the girls get Solomon's journal and why do they leave in such a rush?

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

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

9. What is the late-night plan executed by Cammie and her three fellow operatives?

10. What do the girls realize when they look at the journal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Only the Good Spy Young belongs to the fantasy genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the fantasy genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a fantasy and a historical novel mystery?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Cammie considers, and acts on, her actions in pursuit of freedom. Here it's important to note that throughout the novel, she has described herself as feeling trapped, as feeling the same way as she imagines the ravens feel, trapped as they are in the Tower of London. The thematic consideration of identity becomes entwined with considerations of freedom, in that up to this point in her life, Cammie's identity has been defined by the fact that she is trapped. With her actions in Chapters 41 and 46, she is taking action to fundamentally re-define her identity, and claim a sense of self.

1. Discuss the reasons you think Cammie feels trapped in her life. Use examples from Only the Good Spy Young and your own life to support your answer.

2. Do you think Cammie's identity is only formed by her feelings of being trapped? Why or why not? Use examples from Only the Good Spy Young and your own life to support your answer.

3. Cammie seems to be wanting freedom from her life. What do you think Cammie believes freedom means and how do you think she might be able to obtain freedom? Use examples from Only the Good Spy Young and your own life to support your answer.

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