1. How would you describe Sarah's relationship with her mother, as compared with Angie's relationship with her parents?

2. How does Sarah's lacking a father affect the story?

3. Why does Sarah's mother try to encourage her daughter to date Bob instead of Dane? What does she not seem to understand?

4. Describe Dane. How do you think he came to have problems relating to women?

5. How does Dane's apartment seem to reflect his personality?

6. Why does Dane seem so reluctant to talk about himself?

7. How might the name Sunrise Productions, the studio where Joan works, be significant?

8. What significance do you see in the fact that Sarah is weak in chemistry and gets help from Bob?

9. The description of Sarah getting dressed for the prom (with her mother's help) is nearly twice as long as the scene of Sarah and Bob at the prom.

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