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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 Sister Dora catch marina doing?

2. What does the cop think is in the chest on the floor?

3. Who is Katarina?

4. What does Six suggest John do?

5. How many Mogs stormed Six's room when she is captured?

Short Essay Questions

1. What bothers Marina about the stranger in the cafe?

2. How does Marina stun Sister Dora into silence?

3. How is a friendship developing between Marina and Ella?

4. How many Mogadorians capture Six and Katarina and what happens to them?

5. What do John and the others do as the officer uses his Taser on Sam?

6. What would happen if the police radios in information about stopping John and the others, and what does the policeman assume about them?

7. What does Marina do in order to get her turn on the computer and why does she have to leave the computer before she's done?

8. What does John find when he opens his Loric chest?

9. What talent of Ella's does Marina notice?

10. Where are Six and John's Cepans and what does that mean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss "The Power of Six" based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if it is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider "The Power of Six" a successful novel? What about young teens?

Essay Topic 2

1. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadowing are in "The Power of Six"? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadow in "The Power of Six" including why you believe it is foreshadowing. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from "The Power of Six" and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in The Power of Six . 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 "The Power of Six". Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of power. Who has power, who does not? How is power used in "The Power of Six"? How is power abused? Who abuses power in "The Power of Six"? How does Six use her power differently than John?

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