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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. When the students are directed to crawl on the floor in the dark, how does David identify Sarah?
(a) By her cardigan.
(b) By her jeans.
(c) By her hair.
(d) By her earrings.

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

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

4. According to the narrator on page 97, what fails to relieve Sarah's pain?
(a) Earning her driver's license.
(b) Saving money.
(c) Gaining the interest of Liam.
(d) Reviving her friendship with Joelle.

5. According to the narrator on page 3, David gained admission to CAPA after performing a monologue from what work?
(a) A Doll's House.
(b) Old Times.
(c) Death of a Salesman.
(d) The Little Foxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the first section of the novel take place?

2. The English visitors are touring with an adaptation of what play?

3. What does CAPA stand for, as explained on page 2?

4. What is Karen's last name?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Kingsley exert direct influence over Sarah and David's relationship? What is the effect of this influence, as indicated on page 57?

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

3. What happens when Sarah arrives at Mr. Kingsley's house at the end of the first section of the novel?

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

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

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

7. What has Sarah finally achieved? What has she learned from this achievement, as explained on page 97?

8. What adults arrive with the English People and what does the narrator say about them?

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

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

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