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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 does David attempt to give Sarah on the first day of sophomore year?
(a) A book of poems.
(b) A pair of shoes.
(c) A bouquet of flowers.
(d) A piece of jewelry.

2. What does Sarah do with the shirts she finds in a garment rack used by the actors in the fall musical?
(a) Sells them.
(b) Hides them.
(c) Wears them.
(d) Destroys them.

3. What is noteworthy about the production performed by the English visitors?
(a) It is vulgar and inappropriate.
(b) It is baffling and confusing.
(c) It is intricate and complicated.
(d) It is elegant and urbane.

4. According to the narrator on page 1, what lasted the entirety of Sarah's freshman year?
(a) The tension between her and Manuel.
(b) The process of writing her novel.
(c) The end of her friendship with Joelle.
(d) The prologue to her relationship with David.

5. According to the narrator on page 13, what is it about Sarah that particularly attracts David?
(a) Her acting talent.
(b) Her conscientious demeanor.
(c) Her aura of knowledge.
(d) Her careless attitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Sarah on page 91, Mr. Kingsley and the two English adults seem to form what?

2. What is the name of the hurricane that hits Sarah's hometown in the first section of the novel?

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

4. What is the name of Karen's mother?

5. According to the narrator on page 2, what did everyone at school unwillingly experience?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens between Sarah and David on the first day of their sophomore year? What is the result of this occurrence?

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

4. How do the students feel about Mr. Kingsley, as explained on page 13?

5. Describe the production of Candide. What happens during the performance?

6. What happens when Sarah confronts Mr. Kingsley about the situation with Joelle? What does he say, and how does she feel?

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

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

9. Who are Sarah and David? What is the reader told about them at the beginning of the novel?

10. Why does Mr. Kingsley begin to take an interest in Sarah, as explained on page 45? What information does she tell him?

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