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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. How is O'Hara described in his role in the production?

2. What name does O'Hara call Stella while being intimate?

3. How is O'Hara's room described?

4. Who is cast as Mullins in the play beginning in Chapter 7?

5. What does Babs say about Stella?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stella learn about Meredith and Bunny's true backgrounds?

2. How does Geoffrey feel about Stella by Chapter 6?

3. How does Stella feel after upsetting Lily and what does she do about it?

4. Who is not feeling festive with Christmas approaching and why?

5. Where is Dawn found after disappearing and what has happened to her?

6. How does Stella feel about going to the after-party?

7. What is the third production in the book that the company will put on, and who will play the lead?

8. Where does O'Hara stay while in Liverpool?

9. What new job has Meredith given Stella in Chapter 6, and what is so funny about it?

10. How does O'Hara feel about Stella?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It is foreshadowed many times in the book that Stella is O'Hara's daughter. The author foreshadows it in things that Stella says and does and also in things that O'Hara says and does. Tell all of the ways that it is foreshadowed that Stella is O'Hara's daughter.

Essay Topic 2

When Meredith is explaining Caesar and Cleopatra to Stella, what is he truly explaining to her? What characters in the book are playing the specific roles in Caesar and Cleopatra in Meredith's version?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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