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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 does Massie treat Claire around the other girls?
2. What did Massie lend to Claire?
3. What creates a connection between Abby and Kristen?
4. Why does Rupert not want Dylan to audition?
5. Why does Massie make fun of Claire?
Short Essay Questions
1. How can the reader tell that many people like Massie a lot?
2. How does Massie get a rude awakening at the NYC Village Studio?
3. Is education important to Massie and Claire's parents?
4. What is Abby and Hadley's relationship?
5. Which people on the movie set help Claire out?
6. How does Emma help the girls out?
7. How does Claire help out Massie?
8. Why are not all of the girls going to California?
9. How does the jet's takeoff go?
10. What is the jet like?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In a work of literature, characters can be said to be either dynamic, or they can be static or flat. "Static" or "flat" characters tend to be one-sided, and they do not change during the novel.
"Dynamic" characters are more fleshed-out, and they usually grow or change in some way throughout the novel. Often, a main character is dynamic, while minor characters tend to be more static or flat.
1. Give 2 examples of dynamic characters from the book. For each, write a paragraph explaining how you know that this character is dynamic.
2. Who are some characters who are flat or static? For each one that you list, mention their primary defining characteristic.
Essay Topic 2
At the beginning of the book, the primary conflict involved the Pretty Committee striving to maintain their social status at school.
1. Why are the girls so obsessed with popularity? What steps do they take to maintain their social status?
2. What lessons do the girls learn about popularity? Do you think that the author is trying to convey a message about popularity to her readers? Does the author think that social status should be important to middle schoolers?
3. How do the events in the novel affect the social status of the Pretty Committee?
Essay Topic 3
Media (including movies, TV, email, texting, photography, magazines, internet, etc.) is such an important theme in the book that the title directly references media. Cite 3 examples of how the plot centers on media, and write a paragraph for each. How could the plot unfold without this media?
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