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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 statue is in the background of the landscape she painted?
2. What does the third ring on Marina's leg mean?
3. Who does John believe is headed for Earth?
4. To what was Six responding when she and Katarina encounter Mogadorians?
5. Why does John lift Sam to his shoulder?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does John find when he opens his Loric chest?
2. What does Six tell them about the Mogadorians?
3. What happened when Marina showed Adelina the third ring on Marina's leg?
4. What talent of Ella's does Marina notice?
5. How are John and the others training?
6. How does Marina discover her second legacy?
7. When will Marina turn eighteen and what is the significance of her eighteenth birthday?
8. What would happen if the police radios in information about stopping John and the others, and what does the policeman assume about them?
9. Where is Marina and how does she fit in with the group of children there?
10. How does Ella earn her first punishment from Sister Dora and what happens?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose one of the following to discuss:
1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in "The Power of Six" . Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Lore chooses the symbols he does?
2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Lore chooses the metaphors she does?
3. Discuss Lore's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, cliffhangers, deux ex machina, etc.), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Lore use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme).
Essay Topic 2
Whenever reading a science fiction or fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains concepts or technology that is not a part of the "real" world. In the case of "The Power of Six", much of the setting is familiar to the reader, though there are new ideas and terms to learn. Discuss the following:
1. Find five terms that are a part of The Power of Six's world that occur in the "real" world but are used differently in "The Power of Six"'s world. Define the words as used in the world of "The Power of Six" and compare those five words as to how they are currently used in the American English language.
2. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a science fiction or fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of The Power of Six. Did you have to look up any words? What does it mean to learn a word through its context? Do you have to do that in "The Power of Six"? What word(s)?
4. Were there any words you never really understood from "The Power of Six"? Which ones? How can you learn the meaning of those words?
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 Power of Six" is? Explain your response.
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