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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 the phooka say about humans in the Fantastical World?

2. What does Jared say about human beliefs?

3. Where do the children think Arthur went?

4. What surprise the talking animal?

5. Who is the first of the three creatures to speak?

Short Essay Questions

1. What confuses Jared about the walk and what does he remember from the Field Guide?

2. How does Helen react to Jared and Mallory fighting in Lucinda's room and what happens to Lucinda?

3. What did Mallory find that has them all excited and what do they find out about Arthur through her find?

4. What do the three beings who come through the trees look like?

5. What does Simon suggest about Mallory's find and what is her response?

6. What happens with the children when they walk up the hill?

7. What does Lorengorm say to them?

8. How do the children find out where the guide is and what do they do about it?

9. Why is Jared nervous, what does he ask the three and what is their response?

10. What begins to make the children nervous and what happens as they reach a meadow?

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 Lucinda's Secret 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

Lucinda's Secret is the third book in a series, called the Spiderwick series. Discuss the following.

1. Discuss two advantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters and having the plot continue from one book to the next. Use examples.

2. Discuss two disadvantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters and having the plot continue from one book to the next. Use examples.

3. Do you prefer to read a standalone book, or books in a series with the same main characters? Explain your response.

4. Do you think it is easier or more difficult (or about the same) to write a standalone book versus one in a series? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

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

2. Analyze and discuss Lucinda's Secret based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Lucinda's Secret is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the fact that Lucinda's Secret is part of a series changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? Explain.

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