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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 tackles Solomon?

2. What does Rachel tell the girls to do?

3. What do the girls do when they arrive back at the dorm?

4. How does the trip to the sub-level begin?

5. What does Zach say to Cammie when he finds her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the group get to Blackthorne and what are they told when they arrive there?

2. What does Zach tell Cammie in the square?

3. Where do Zach and Cammie go after they retrieve the journal and what do they see there?

4. What is the late-night plan executed by Cammie and her three fellow operatives?

5. Where does Townsend take Cammie and her friends, why does he say they are going there and what does Cammie tell Rebecca?

6. What does Cammie find that is directed at her personally when she investigates what Joe said to her?

7. What does Cammie do when she realizes the meaning of Joe's message to her?

8. How do Zach and the girls get to the fence around Blackthorne and what does each operative do?

9. How does Cammie get into a conversation with Mr. Smith and what does he tell her?

10. What does Zach tell Cammie when he comes to her at night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Over the course of Only the Good Spy Young, Cammie grows as a person in both complexity and understanding. Only the Good Spy Young might be considered a slice of Cammie's larger story of his "coming of age." It might be said that Only the Good Spy Young is a "bildungsroman" of Cammie Morgan. Discuss the following:

1. Define Bildungsroman, or "Coming of Age," and give several examples from literature you have read.

2. Trace and analyze the character of Cammie as she changes from a more carefree, innocent girl to a wiser, young woman. What are the significant events that change Cammie?

3. After thoroughly analyzing Cammie's growth throughout Only the Good Spy Young, do you think Only the Good Spy Young could be considered Cammie's Coming of Age story? Why or why not?

4. Are there any other characters in Only the Good Spy Young who go through a Coming of Age experience? Who? Why do you think so?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in Only the Good Spy Young. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of freedom in Only the Good Spy Young. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess freedom? Who feels trapped? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of identity in Only the Good Spy Young. Who struggles with knowing who they are? Who seems to be confident in their identity? How is identity conveyed in Only the Good Spy Young?

Essay Topic 3

Characters are an important part of what makes Only the Good Spy Young interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Cammie. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Zach. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Joe Solomon. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

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