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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 Ella tell Marina Ella had seen?

2. What does Marina see in a vision?

3. Where does Crayton escort Marina and Ella?

4. What does Sam decide to do?

5. How far north of the Mogs' cave do they drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Sam and John find two chests and what is guarding it?

2. How does Adelina die?

3. How do Marina and Ella get out of the church?

4. What happens after a guard returns John to his cell?

5. How does Ella break her leg and wrist and what does Marina do?

6. What do Adelina and Marina discuss when Adelina wakens?

7. What is Adelina's response when she learns that Marina has found Marina's chest?

8. Describe John's fight with the Mog inside the house.

9. What happens when John and Sam leave the house?

10. What happens when Marina finds a red crystal in her chest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Most protagonists are a mixture of admirable traits and character flaws:

1. Trace and analyze situations when John demonstrates his instinct for handling problems that might be beyond the ability of a 17 year old boy. Give specific examples to illustrate your analysis.

2. Trace and analyze John's character flaws, and explain how they create a more complex and believable character. How do you think John's character flaws make some situations more difficult for him?

3. After analyzing John's strengths and weaknesses, decide if John is the main "hero" of the story. Is there anyone else who might have done a better job?

Essay Topic 3

Whenever reading a science fiction or fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains concepts or technology that is not a part of the "real" world. In the case of "The Power of Six", much of the setting is familiar to the reader, though there are new ideas and terms to learn. Discuss the following:

1. Find five terms that are a part of The Power of Six's world that occur in the "real" world but are used differently in "The Power of Six"'s world. Define the words as used in the world of "The Power of Six" and compare those five words as to how they are currently used in the American English language.

2. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a science fiction or fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of The Power of Six. Did you have to look up any words? What does it mean to learn a word through its context? Do you have to do that in "The Power of Six"? What word(s)?

4. Were there any words you never really understood from "The Power of Six"? Which ones? How can you learn the meaning of those words?

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