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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 drink bottle does Professor Smith toss in the trash?

2. What does Macey ask for in exchange for her help to Cammie?

3. About what does Mr. Solomon lecture the class?

4. Where is the Covert Operations class held?

5. How many languages does Cammie know?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Josh do that dampens Bex's interest in him and how does Cammie slip up to indicate she has met him before?

2. What happens to cause Bex and Macey to fight and who steps in to break it up and to mete out punishment?

3. What is the girls' mission that night for covert operations class?

4. What help does Cammie ask of Macey and what does Macey want in return?

5. What is the subject of covert operations class in their next meeting?

6. What do Cammie, Bex and Liz go to Headmistress Morgan's office to ask about their suite and what is Morgan's reply?

7. How does Joe Solomon calm Mascey down as she is racing back to tell her parents she does not want to stay at Gallagher's?

8. What is Cammie's technique for tailing Mr. Smith?

9. What does Cammie tell her mother about Mr. Solomon's knowledge about her dad and what does her mother say about it?

10. What does Cammie find when she approaches the funnel cake stand?

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 I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You 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

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 I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You is? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 3

I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You 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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