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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 are the girls asked when they return to the house?
2. What does Zach tell the girls about Blackthorne?
3. What is written on the blackboards the girls find?
4. Who accidentally sets off the security system?
5. What does Cammie comment about the security measures in the sub-levels?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Zach and the girls get to the fence around Blackthorne and what does each operative do?
2. Of what are Macey and Liz trying to convince Cammie about the sub-basement and what has Cammie anxious?
3. What is it like in the van on the ride back to the school and what do the girls talk about when they get back to the school?
4. Where do Zach and Cammie go when they leave the target room and what happens right after Zach and Cammie retrieve the journal?
5. What does Cammie do with the journal at first and what happens when she does it?
6. How does Cammie get into a conversation with Mr. Smith and what does he tell her?
7. How do the girls disable the security system on the basement level?
8. How does Cammie get to a secret meeting as the result of the message to her?
9. What does Zach tell Cammie in the square?
10. Where does Townsend take Cammie and her friends, why does he say they are going there and what does Cammie tell Rebecca?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in Only the Good Spy Young. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?
2. Trace and analyze the theme of freedom in Only the Good Spy Young. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess freedom? Who feels trapped? Why?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of identity in Only the Good Spy Young. Who struggles with knowing who they are? Who seems to be confident in their identity? How is identity conveyed in Only the Good Spy Young?
Essay Topic 2
Characters are an important part of what makes Only the Good Spy Young interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Cammie. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Zach. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Joe Solomon. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
Choose one of the following to discuss:
1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in Only the Good Spy Young. Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Carter chooses the symbols he does?
2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Carter chooses the metaphors she does?
3. Discuss Carter's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, clifthangers, deux ex machina, etc...), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Carter use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme).
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