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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. Why does Katar step in at the last minute?

2. What does Peder say mining linder is like?

3. What is Miri not wanting to do in order to get her family a house?

4. What does Pa try to prevent soldiers from doing?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Miri receive from Peder and what is her reaction?

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Olana punish Miri?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

It is extremely selfless of Frid to take on the danger for the other girls, but Miri suspects her sacrifice may not truly help anyone in the end. She thinks it is better for them to stay together than separate, so even after being hit she offers herself up again to the bandits. All the girls join in the spirit in an attempt to confuse the bandits and protect one another. Miri's sense of fairness and right and wrong has infused the other girls with courage. Though they are terrified at least they are facing the danger together.

1. Discuss what character qualities Frid might have in view of her actions. Use examples from the text and your own experiences to support your answer.

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Essay Topic 3

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.

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