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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 is the little girl with Sia in the old family video that Sia’s father is watching in Chapter 25?

2. Where is Sia as she waits for Kyle to meet her in the beginning of the novel’s Epilogue?

3. What is Sia’s mother drinking when Sia arrives home from school in Chapter 34?

4. Where is Sia now attending college in the Epilogue?

5. Who is Alyz’s director friend that she takes Sia to meet and that is wasted in Chapter 31?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Sia go after school in Chapter 24? How successful is Sia in her objective?

2. What does Amber say to Sia when she encounters her outside the restroom in Chapter 38?

3. Where does Alyz send Sia and Kyle as she talks to her friends in Chapter 32? What do they do?

4. Who arrives before Sia leaves for the Oscars in Chapter 28? How does Sia feel as she departs?

5. What exchange takes place between Sia and Amber in the beginning of Chapter 26?

6. What exchange takes place between Sia and Amber on the road to San Francisco in Chapter 39?

7. What outcome has come about regarding Sia’s parents’ film company in the Epilogue?

8. What is the focus of Sia’s history class in Chapter 23? Why is Kyle’s name brought up in the class?

9. What does Travis Dooley tell Sia when they meet in Chapter 33? How does Sia respond?

10. How does Sia’s mother appear when Sia and her father first see her at the rehab clinic in Chapter 21? What does Sia’s mother say of her time there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the lives of the homeless in Los Angeles, California. How many people are homeless in L.A. today? What resources are available to the homeless here? Where do the homeless live? How and where do they eat? Do you think the author portrays these realities well in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of alienation in Sia. In what ways does Sia struggle with isolation and alienation in the story? How does this theme apply both to Sia’s relationships at home and at school?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Sia’s “first impressions” of her friends Amber and Stacy in Chapters 9 and 10. How does Sia characterize their manner of speaking? Do you think that Amber and Stacy are multi-dimensional characters? Why or why not?

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