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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. Who helps Cammie, Liz and Rebecca subdue a man?

2. What is something Cammie has noticed about Zach?

3. How does Rebecca's father receive a warning in Chapter 2?

4. Who is rushing around at the beginning of Chapter 3?

5. At what place is it said Solomon was recruited by the Circle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the conversation between Cammie and the person she unexpectedly meets?

2. What have the girls found out about Townsend and what is their resolve?

3. What happens when Cammie hears what Townsend has to say?

4. What is different about the surroundings at dinner, who is missing, who is taking her place and what do the students do before they eat?

5. What makes Cammie feel uneasy and what happens shortly after her feeling that way?

6. How does Cammie hear what the adults are saying in the kitchen and how do they find out she is listening?

7. How does Cammie's first day in Covert Operations class start?

8. What does Townsend tell the class about the Circle?

9. What does Buckingham tell Cammie and Rebecca about their adventures in London and who sees them right after they talk to him? What does she say to them?

10. How do Cammie and the others feel when walking to their dorm and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 Ally Carter.

2. What in Carter's background may have helped him in writing Only the Good Spy Young? 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 2

Only the Good Spy Young is one book in a series of novels involving Cammie. Discuss the following.

1. What are a couple advantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Use examples.

2. What are a couple disadvantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Use examples.

3. Do you prefer to read a standalone book, or a series of books 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

Choose one of the following to discuss:

1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in Only the Good Spy Young. Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Carter chooses the symbols he does?

2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Carter chooses the metaphors she does?

3. Discuss Carter's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, clifthangers, deux ex machina, etc...), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Carter use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme).

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