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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 is said about the girl who is in the forest at the opening of the Prologue?

2. What makes Donia wonder if Aislinn can see the fey?

3. Who is Sasha?

4. What are the faeries talking about when Aislinn walks by them on her way to Seth's house?

5. Who is waiting for Aislinn when she leaves school in the afternoon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Aislinn and her grandmother communicate sometimes and why?

2. How does Aislinn change her approach to Keenan?

3. What is Aislinn doing with her friend Denny and why is Aislinn's concentration broken momentarily?

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

5. What does Aislinn overhear from some faeries that upsets her?

6. What is Aislinn's reply to Keenan's invitation?

7. Explain the circumstances under which Agatha dies.

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

9. Who is the "new" student and how does Aislinn meet him and respond to him?

10. Why does Keenan have to play along with his mother's game?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 "Wicked Lovely", 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 "Wicked Lovely". (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 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "Wicked Lovely".

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of "Wicked Lovely". How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of "Wicked Lovely". How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 3

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 Wicked Lovely, 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 "Wicked Lovely's" world that occur in the "real" world but are used differently in "Wicked Lovely". Define the words as used in "Wicked Lovely" 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 "Wicked Lovely". 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 "Wicked Lovely"? What word(s)?

4. Were there any words you never really understood in this book? Which ones? How can you learn the meaning of those words?

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