Improper Comparisons Test Prep

Every few years a new tween or teen series comes out and takes over young readers everywhere. From the $\boxed 1$ young wizards' adventures at Hogwarts to Katniss's arena, these dramatic stories become massive best sellers. Movie studios drool at the prospect of $\boxed 2$ profits from multi-movie franchises matching the multi-book series. Because young adult fiction rarely gains the the respect $\boxed 3$ garnered by adults, it's easy to clump these novels all together. But are they really the same?

There are many similarities, of course. All of these books have spunky and adorably flawed heroes and heroines. All present their main characters with a critical choice: $\boxed 4$ follow the hard path of the "right" decision or the easy path of the "wrong" choice.  $\boxed 5$ All force their characters to toss off adults in favor of their own smarts, grit, and resiliance.  All make it easy to see who is good and who is evil.

Young fans also react to them similarly. They wait expectantly for each sequel. $\boxed 6$They demand that every scene in the movies be matched by the books. Every time a movie "based on" a best-selling teen series comes out, producers hold their breath. Does the young fans' $\boxed 7$ obsession with the movies match the books? When it doesn't, those movie sequels don't always come out. $\boxed 8$ Studios can't expect a sequel's profits to be strong when a first movie was low.

And yet, there are critical differences. No one would argue that J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series is interchangeable with $\boxed 9$ Suzanne Collins. And while some critics argue that the Harry Potter series got progressively darker, there really is no comparison $\boxed {10}$ between the Hunger Games's cruelty and gore and Harry Potter.  When you add a series like Twilight into the mix, most of the presumed commonalities among teen series fall away. $\boxed {11}$ Is Twilight's illict romance really comparable to Harry Potter's magical crusade or Hunger Games?  In truth, plot wise, these stories are quite different.

What do they have in common then? The common denominator seems to be crossover.  These series not only attract $\boxed {12}$children's and teens' adoration, but adults. With fast-moving plots and easy language (they are geared toward children, after all), $\boxed {13}$ the appeal of these YA novels outpaces adult fiction. So, are young adult books really getting better, or are adults just getting so busy, that they are starting to only read young adult books?

1.

1. NO CHANGE
2. adventures at Hogwarts to Katniss's perilous arena
3. adventures at Hogwarts to Katniss's perils in the arena
4. adventures at Hogwarts to Katniss

2. 

1. NO CHANGE
2. profits from multi-movie franchises matching the profits from the multi-book series.
3. profits from multi-movie franchises matching the profits.
4. profits matching the multi-book series.

3. 

1. NO CHANGE
2. garnered by fiction written by adults
3. garnered by children's fiction
4. garnered by adult fiction

4. 

1. NO CHANGE
2. follow the hard path of the "right" decision or the easy path.
3. follow the hard path of the "right" decision or the "wrong" decision.
4. follow the "right" decision or the easy path of the "wrong" decision.

5. 

1. NO CHANGE
2. toss off adult help in favor of their own smarts, grit, and resiliance.
3. toss off adults in favor of their own.
4. toss off adult smarts, grit, and resiliance.

6. 

1. NO CHANGE
2. that every movie be matched by every book.
3. that every scene in the movies be matched by the books' scenes.
4. that every scene in the movies be matched by a scene in the books.

8. 

1. NO CHANGE
2. Studios can't expect a sequel's profits to be as high as a first movie.
3. Studios can't expect a sequel's profits to be strong when a first movie's profits were low.
4. Studios can't expect a sequel to be strong when a first movie's profits were low.

9. 

1. NO CHANGE
2. Suzanne Collins's books.
3. the books of Suzanne Collins.
4. Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games.

10. 

1. NO CHANGE
2. between the Hunger Games's cruelty and gore and Harry Potter's sad plot twists.
3. between the Hunger Games's cruelty and gore and Albus Dumbledore's death.
4. between the Hunger Games's gore and Harry Potter.

11.

1. NO CHANGE
2. Is Twilight's illict romance really comparable to Harry Potter or Hunger Games?
3. Is Twilight's illict romance really comparable to Harry Potter's magical crusade or Hunger Games's macabre battles?
4. Is Twilight's illict romance really comparable to Harry Potter or Hunger Games's revolutionary battles?

12. 

1. NO CHANGE
2. children's and teens' adoration, but adult loyalty.
3. children's and teens' adoration, but are read by adults.
4. children's and teens', but adults.