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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 realize after sharing a memory with Peder?

2. What do Bena and Liana think of the village boys?

3. What makes the girls feel small and insignificant?

4. What does Miri discover about Britta?

5. In what does Miri take comfort?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Pa want to name Miri and why didn't he do so?

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

3. What are the results of the next test and of what does Bena accuse the fourteen-year-olds?

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

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

6. Describe Miri's conversation with Knut and how does that lead to Miri discovering the price of linder.

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

8. How does Miri discover that Britta cannot hear quarry speech?

9. What do Marda and Miri do and what does Miri tell Marda she wants to do?

10. What does Pa try to do about Miri and the academy and what is the outcome?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter Fourteen the girls are dealing with their expanded knowledge of the world: they do not want to betray their families in the village, but they now need to satisfy their curiosities about the outside world. Miri knows that the prince may not like her and she has no desire to marry a stranger, but she does want to be academy princess to prove to everyone else and herself that she can be good at something. She has long been disappointed about not being able to work in the mines, convinced she is too small and weak and is a burden to her family and the village.

1. Why do you think learning to read has changed the girls' perspective on the world? Use examples from the text and your own experiences to support your answer.

2. Miri wants to prove to everyone and herself she is good at something. This is called external validation. Discuss what you think is the difference between having to have others think that you are good at something in order to feel good about yourself as opposed to feeling good about yourself no matter what others think. Use examples from the text and your own experiences to support your answer.

3. How do you think feeling that she is small, weak and a burden on her village has affected Miri as a person? Use examples from the text and your own experiences to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an important part of what makes "Princess Academy" interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Miri. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Olana. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Britta. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

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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