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

2. To whom does Sarah give Manuel's shirts on the final night of the musical?
(a) Manuel's sister.
(b) Manuel's father.
(c) Manuel's mother.
(d) Manuel's grandmother.

3. The student who amazes everyone during auditions for the mainstage musical performs which song?
(a) Amazing Grace.
(b) Adeste Fideles.
(c) O Holy Night.
(d) Ave Maria.

4. What is the name of the CAPA principal?
(a) Mrs. Laytner.
(b) Mrs. Lautner.
(c) Mrs. Lockner.
(d) Mrs. Longer.

5. Upon leaving the party at the end of the first section of the novel, to what location does Sarah walk?
(a) A diner.
(b) Home.
(c) CAPA.
(d) The bakery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name given to the visitors from England, as explained on page 87?

2. According to the narrator on page 1, what lasted the entirety of Sarah's freshman year?

3. According to the narrator on page 90, how do the English teens compare to the CAPA teens?

4. In acting class, what exercise are David and Sarah forced to endlessly perform, according to the narrator on page 85?

5. How does Mr. Kingsley describe Sarah and David on page 85?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens during the afterparty held at Mr. Kingsley's house? What does Sarah discover?

3. Who is Manuel? What happens to him during auditions for the fall musical?

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

5. With whom do the English People stay? What happens as a result?

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. How does the illicit party held at Mr. Kingsley's house end? What happens to Sarah as a result?

8. How has Sarah's relationship with Mr. Kingsley changed, as explained on page 67? What caused this change to occur?

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

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

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