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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 are Aislinn and Denny doing?

2. What did Aislinn's Grams tell her about faeries?

3. With whom has a girl fallen in love in the Prologue?

4. Who is with the priest that comes up to Aislinn's locker?

5. What does the girl feel inside her being?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Aislinn decide she is going to have to break the rules she has been taught?

2. Where does Donia find Seth and what does she perceive about him?

3. What is the faery king's dilemma as shown in the Prologue?

4. What reward and punishment does Beira threaten Donia with if she is either successful or fails?

5. What is the flaw in the wards Seth has found?

6. How does Seth respond to Aislinn's telling him about the faeries?

7. What do Keenan's advisers suggest concerning Aislinn?

8. Who do Seth and Aislinn encounter in the tattoo shop?

9. How does Aislinn lie to her grandmother?

10. What does Seth tell her when Aislinn expresses her worries about the faeries?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 "Wicked Lovely" 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 2

Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Melissa Marr.

2. What in Marr's background may have helped him in writing "Wicked Lovely"? What may have influenced the way he depicts various characters and scenes?

3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.

Essay Topic 3

"Wicked Lovely" 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 fantasy 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 and a historical novel or mystery?

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