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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 Zach surprised?

3. What does Cammie dream the night they got into the basement?

4. What does Townsend say to Cammie's concerns about class?

5. What does Townsend say to Cammie outside Rachel's office?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when the girls return upstairs?

3. How does Cammie figure out what Solomon said after talking to Mr. Smith?

4. Of what are Macey and Liz trying to convince Cammie about the sub-basement and what has Cammie anxious?

5. What does Solomon say to Cammie at the park and what does she say to him?

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

7. How does Cammie get away from Zach's mother?

8. What does the journal say about Solomon and Morgan?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Only the Good Spy Young, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in Only the Good Spy Young. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

There are a number of interesting questions raised by Only the Good Spy Young. Questions that Carter most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?

2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Carter' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Carter' probable agenda concerning that idea.

2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

4. Research the life of Carter and see if/where his life may have influenced his writing.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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