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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 do Massie and Alicia think that the grey-haired woman at Conner's house is?

2. What does a delivery man bring to Massie in LA?

3. What can Massie and Alicia not wait for?

4. What is Massie doing in her magazine photo?

5. How does Claire look after shooting a scene?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Claire's dinner plans?

2. Despite her obstacles, how does Massie show ingenuity in reporting for "The Daily Grind"?

3. Why does Cam get confused by a magazine article about Claire?

4. What kinds of acting or role-playing occur in this section?

5. What job does Massie end up getting?

6. How can the reader tell that the girls' friendships are not as strong as they seem?

7. What happened at the dance?

8. What efforts does Massie make to do a successful interview?

9. Did Claire discover who her real friends are?

10. Why would the girls care about the dance at the boys' school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Many formulaic stories feature a hero struggling against a villain.

1. Who is the hero in this story? How can you tell? What is so important about the role of the hero?

2. Who is the villain? Is there a real villain in this story? What do they do that is villainous?

3. Are there characters who seem to be both a hero and a villain? Which aspects of these characters are heroic, and which aspects are villainous?

Essay Topic 3

Even though the girls do not attend school during the entire novel, there are 3 different schools that are featured prominently in the novel: Octavian Country Day School, Briarwood, and Lakeview Middle School (the fake school featured in the movie). Describe each of these schools and what happens there. What are the differences between them?

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