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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. Who wakes September the next day?

2. What does September do with the Spoon?

3. What portrait is in the hall where September finds herself?

4. Who does September hear calling?

5. What does The Marquess offer September?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Betsy allow September to enter but not her companions?

2. What does September decide about Saturday; what does Iago decide about Ell and what is Ell's response?

3. Who is Calpurnia Farthing and whom has she rescued?

4. What do September and Ell ask the guardian of Pandemonium and how does the Guardian guide them?

5. Where is September swimming and what is the shore like when she gets to it?

6. What does September ask the Green Wind and how does the Leopard answer the question?

7. What has Ell memorized and how does he get the name September chooses for him?

8. How does September leave home and what does she leave behind?

9. What is the House the two come upon and who lives there?

10. How does Queen Mallow construct the city of Pandemonium?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland 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 young adult novel 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 novel and a historical novel mystery?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland is? Explain your response.

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