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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. What does Stella drink at the after-party?

2. Who confides in O'Hara at the after-party?

3. What new production is the company preparing in Chapter 6?

4. What medical issue arises on the set with Stella in Chapter 7?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is going on with Stella's health in Chapter 7?

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

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

4. What are the two questions that Lily asks Stella, which leads to Stella telling her to shut up?

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

6. What is Stella's new role for the third play put on in the book?

7. What is happening with Richard during the rehearsals in Chapter 7 for the third play of the book?

8. What impact on the production has O'Hara made playing his role in the play?

9. What new production in Chapter 6 is the theater going to be putting on, and what role was Stella given?

10. Why does Stella not wear the coat that Lily got her?

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

Bunny starts covering things up for the actors right from the beginning of the book in the flash-forward. This seems to be the only job responsibility that Bunny has with his job. Analyze the different situations that Bunny helps cover up in the book and tell why having a person perform Bunny's job would be an asset to a production company.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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