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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 happens when Olana catches Miri returning a book?

2. What does Miri remember from long ago?

3. With whom does Miri bond?

4. In what does Miri take comfort?

5. Who is Britta?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Miri sent to the closet and what is her experience there like?

2. How does Miri use Diplomacy when they return to the academy and what is Olana's response?

3. What startles Miri awake one morning and why is she unsettled?

4. Why did Miri feel isolated from other girls her age and how is being at the academy changing that?

5. Why does Olana punish Miri?

6. What does Miri continue to do each day, and how does that help her?

7. What is linder and why has Miri not been allowed in the linder mines?

8. What more does Miri learn about quarry-speech and Linder from Marda and her pa?

9. How does Miri decide to tell of her experience in the closet and how does that affect Gerti?

10. What does the King's messenger announce?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think "Princess Academy" is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

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

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast the characters of Miri and Katar. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of Miri and Britta. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in "Princess Academy" help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.

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