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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. Once the actors reach the stage, what happens?

2. Who has shown a flare for the dramatic since they were small?

3. At the beginning of the book what is the only thing sitting in the theater chairs?

4. Why is Meredith away when Stella arrives at the theater?

5. Who expresses their enthusiasm about their first professional opportunity to Meredith?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stella realize about the theater in the fifth chapter?

2. Describe Stella's actions that make her a good candidate for the theater?

3. What actions will Rose take at the end of Chapter 0?

4. What is Meredith expecting as he looks out toward the empty seats of the theater?

5. When do the actors have access to the stage and what is wrong with it?

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

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

8. What is the relationship between Stella and Geoffrey?

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

10. Who has gotten Stella an audition?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

For most of the book Stella has not been a particularly sympathetic protagonist. At what point does this change for the reader and does the reader's heart go out to the emotionally damaged young woman? What causes this change?

Essay Topic 2

Tell of the ways that Stella lets the reader know that she feels unworthy and undeserving of anything good.

Essay Topic 3

Uncle Vernon understands Stella better then anyone else in the book. Write about the ways that only Uncle Vernon understands Stella. Use specific examples from the book to support your answers.

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