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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 Six use her ability on the river to do?

2. What are John and Henri labeled?

3. What does Marina absentmindedly do to the plant beside the computer?

4. To what was Six responding when she and Katarina encounter Mogadorians?

5. Who wakes John?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do John and Six demonstrate their desire to be as harmless as possible?

2. What is one thing Marina does in her cave?

3. What does Six tell them about the Mogadorians?

4. Where are Six and John's Cepans and what does that mean?

5. How are John and the others training?

6. What happened when Marina showed Adelina the third ring on Marina's leg?

7. What does John ask Six about concerning a second ship that left Lorien and what was John's vision about the ship?

8. What bothers Marina about the stranger in the cafe?

9. How does Six escape the prison and the Mogs?

10. What does Marina do in order to get her turn on the computer and why does she have to leave the computer before she's done?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"The Power of Six" is one book in a series of novels involving John Smith and many of the other characters.

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

2. What are two 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 2

1. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadowing are in "The Power of Six"? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadow in "The Power of Six" including why you believe it is foreshadowing. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from "The Power of Six" and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

The Power of Six belongs to the science fiction genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the science fiction 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 science fiction and a historical novel or mystery?

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