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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 awakens Cammie?

2. Why is Liz left at the perimeter of Blackthorne?

3. What does Zach tell Cammie about Solomon?

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

5. How does the trip to the sub-level begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Cammie do when she realizes the meaning of Joe's message to her?

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

10. How does the group get to Blackthorne and what are they told when they arrive there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

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?

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