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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 is the name of the park the group goes to in Chapter 3?

2. What does Sean almost hit on the way to the park?

3. What is the first topic that Maggie is concerned with at the assembly?

4. What is Rod described as being?

5. What is the name of Liz's boyfriend in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. At what point is the transition between the characters' thoughts most intense? Why?

2. What elements of foreshadowing are included in the letter that Liz writes to Sean in Chapter 6?

3. What does Maggie feel insecure about in Chapter 2?

4. Compare and contrast Dennis and Sean.

5. What does Maggie's mother say about physical attractiveness?

6. What is significant about Liz's astrological reading?

7. What foreshadowing is present in Chapter 3?

8. Why does Liz end up going to the dance with Rod?

9. What does Dennis think about Maggie while they are on their first date?

10. Describe the high school setting in Chapter 1.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does each character gain in the story? What does each character lose? What are the results and reasons for these gains and losses?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways are blind loyalty demonstrated in the story? Which characters are loyal? What consequences will be faced by the fiercely loyal characters and why?

Essay Topic 3

What symbolism is present in Sean's essay? What is the significance of the title of his essay, "The Circus of Darkness"? What can the reader learn from Sean as a result?

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