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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 do the girls worry will keep the prince from returning?
2. What do the bandits feed the girls?
3. With what does Dan threaten Miri if another incident occurs?
4. Why does Miri want to marry the prince?
5. What does Miri realize will happen if they leave the academy?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the bandit leader's plans after the storm abates?
2. How do Peder and Miri interact at the ball?
3. What do the girls discuss at the opening to Chapter 19?
4. How do the girls and the school prepare for a ball, and how do the girls treat Miri?
5. What does Dan declare during the standoff, and what do the other bandits want and consequently do?
6. What does Miri share concerning her mother and what do Britta, Esa and Frid say to her about her concerns?
7. Describe Miri's private conversation with the prince.
8. What does Marda reveal to Miri and what is Miri's thoughts about the matter?
9. How does the idea of schooling expand?
10. What are Miri's impression after her dance with the prince?
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
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 3
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "Princess Academy". Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?
2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in "Princess Academy". Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of the fulfillment of dreams in "Princess Academy". How did Miri's dreams and hopes change over the course of the book? What about Katar? The Prince? Peder?
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