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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. Who accidentally sets off the security system?

2. Where do Cammie, Zach and the girls meet with the Baxters?

3. How does Cammie and her friends leave the school?

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

5. How does Rebecca feel about Zach?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?

2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?

3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?

4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?

5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What is foreshadow? How many incidences of foreshadow are in Only the Good Spy Young? How does foreshadow contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadow in Only the Good Spy Young including why you believe it is foreshadow. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from Only the Good Spy Young and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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