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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. Of what do Macey and Liz try to convince Cammie?

2. What is the cover story for the Gallagher Academy?

3. What kind of engine does the vehicle/boat in question 100 have?

4. What do the girls find when they return to the surface?

5. What does Cammie ask Zach about the Circle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do the girls disable the security system on the basement level?

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

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

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

7. What happens when the girls return upstairs?

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

9. What does Zach tell the Gallagher girls about Blackthorne and who arrives when they are all talking?

10. What does Zach tell Cammie in the square?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many novels, and perhaps a majority, of novels ends on a happy note. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not?

2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of Only the Good Spy Young and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why Only the Good Spy Young is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.

3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?

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

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think Only the Good Spy Young is? Explain your response.

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