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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 does Rebecca think is the cause of Cammie's anxiety?

2. Where do the girls go when they leave the school?

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

4. How do the girls get back to the surface?

5. What is Cammie not allowing herself to do at the beginning of Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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. How does Cammie get into a conversation with Mr. Smith and what does he tell her?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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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