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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 directs the stage lighting?

2. How old is Geoffrey?

3. Why are all eyes on Meredith at the cafe?

4. Where do the characters go to get tea?

5. Who is walking out of the theater door as Stella is walking in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stella do when arriving home from her date with Geoffrey?

2. What is going on in the theater when the book begins?

3. What happens with Stella at rehearsals, as seen in Chapter 4?

4. Who has gotten Stella an audition?

5. Who are the two men departing the theater as Stella arrives and where are they going?

6. What does Stella do after her bath in Chapter 3?

7. Why does Uncle Vernon not go to Stella's audition?

8. How does Stella try to defend herself to Meredith at the beginning of the book?

9. How does Uncle Vernon feel about not going to Stella's audition?

10. What are Stella's jobs for the production?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Did starting the book with a flash-forward add to the quality of the book or inhibit it? What are the benefits, as the reader, to having the information from the flash-forward? What are the drawbacks to being given the flash-forward?

Essay Topic 2

Tell about all of the ways that Stella manipulates others in the book. Include who she is manipulating and how she goes about doing it. Also be sure that you include why Stella feels the need to use manipulation in each of these situations.

Essay Topic 3

Describe what O'Hara's need to stay in his old room symbolizes. How does almost everything having to do with O'Hara involve the theme that history has a nasty habit of repeating itself.

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