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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 kind of computers does Artemis use?

2. What is the name of the Fowls' ship?

3. How does Holly physically get to the surface on her mission?

4. For what is the Fowl family legendary?

5. What kind of creature is Foaly?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Artemis use technology?

2. What is the relationship between Artemis and Butler?

3. What objects are used to indicate that this is a modern/futuristic novel?

4. How do Artemis's feelings about his mother's illness conflict?

5. What shocks Holly about Artemis and Butler?

6. What other side of Artemis is revealed in Chapter 4?

7. What is Butler's role and how is this a reversal of whom he would be expected to be as opposed to Artemis's role in the mind of a reader?

8. What is Artemis's true motivation for his quest?

9. Why does Holly lie to Root about her magic being low?

10. What is Foaly's role in the agency?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is trickery used throughout the novel? How does the trickery add to the suspense of the tale? How does the trickery make the characters more dynamic?

Essay Topic 2

How is Foaly used for comic relief? Why does Colfer use comic relief? Does the comic relief add to the depth of the tale?

Essay Topic 3

Trace the relationship of Cudgeon and Root. Show its negative effects on each of the commanders and on the situation that they are trying to resolve.

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