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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word are CAPA students instructed never to misspell?
(a) Kingsley.
(b) Mezzanine.
(c) Theatre.
(d) Shakespeare.

2. According to the narrator on page 2, what did everyone at school unwillingly experience?
(a) The fear between Mr. Kingsley and his students.
(b) The awkwardness between Sarah and Joelle.
(c) The energy between Sarah and David.
(d) The panic of Norbert and Manuel.

3. When the students are directed to crawl on the floor in the dark, how does Sarah recognize David?
(a) By his hair.
(b) By his mole.
(c) By his mustache.
(d) By his glasses.

4. To what does the narrator compare Liam's arms on page 119?
(a) A centipede.
(b) A scorpion.
(c) A spider.
(d) An octopus.

5. The phrase "slid into the room like a knife" (3) uses what literary device?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Irony.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator on page 13, what causes David and the other students to envy Sarah?

2. What does Elli give Sarah at the end of the first section of the novel?

3. What is the name of Mr. Kingsley's husband?

4. Who walks out midway through the production performed by the English visitors?

5. What do the students begin studying at the start of sophomore year?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sarah's mother meet with the principal of CAPA? What evidence on page 84 indicates something is very wrong with Sarah?

2. What does Sarah learn about Martin while going shopping for the party? How does she react to this information?

3. Why does Mr. Kingsley contact Sarah's mother? What is Sarah's reaction to this intervention?

4. What is CAPA? What is the reader told about it at the beginning of the novel?

5. Who is Mr. Kingsley? What is the reader told about him at the beginning of the novel? What indicates he might not be trustworthy?

6. Who greets Sarah as she sits alone in the parking lot following the Candide performance? Where do they go and what do they do?

7. Who is Joelle? What happens between Joelle and Sarah during class at the beginning of sophomore year?

8. For what production are the CAPA students preparing as Sarah begins her sophomore year? What roles do Sarah and David play in this production?

9. Who is Erin O'Leary and how does Sarah feel about her? Why does she feel this way?

10. What type of relationship does Sarah have with Mr. Kingsley, as explained on page 13? How does David feel about this?

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