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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 Dan do when Pa rushes to save Miri?

2. What does Miri begin to relate?

3. Which bandits do not desert Dan?

4. What happens to Knut?

5. What does Bena tell the bandits?

Short Essay Questions

1. How many hostages do the bandits have and how many bandits do the villagers have, and what does Os suggest?

2. What do the villagers do and what is the atmosphere among them, and where do the "outsiders" stay in the village?

3. How does Miri learn about who Britta really is?

4. What happens whenever the traders come and what does Miri receive from Pa for her birthday?

5. How does Miri make it so everyone makes a perfect score on the next test?

6. How does the idea of schooling expand?

7. How do Peder and Miri have a falling out?

8. Why does Dan threaten to kill Miri?

9. What do Miri and Esa think about concerning the prince?

10. How do the girls and the school prepare for a ball, and how do the girls treat Miri?

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 "Princess Academy" and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why "Princess Academy" 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

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 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "Princess Academy".

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of "Princess Academy". How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of "Princess Academy". How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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