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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 Miri say about Enrik?

2. What does Miri attempt to read one day?

3. Where is Enrik's home?

4. What impresses Olana about the girls?

5. Why does Miri plan to go to the Linder mines at the opening to the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miri get all the girls to leave for spring holiday and how does that change the girls' attitude towards Miri?

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

3. What does Miri decide to do one day when the other girls go outside?

4. What conversation does Miri remember between her and Peder about linder?

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

6. Who is Britta?

7. What does Miri hear some other girls discussing about her, and what does Miri think?

8. What happens to Marda and how does this lead to Miri learning about why she is not allowed in the mines?

9. What do Bena and Liana think of the village boys and of what do they accuse Miri?

10. Why does Olana punish Miri?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Princess Academy 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?

Essay Topic 2

There are a number of interesting questions raised by "Princess Academy". Questions that Hale 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 Hale' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Hale' 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 Hale and see if/where his life may have influenced his writing.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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