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

2. What does David attempt to give Sarah on the first day of sophomore year?

3. The phrase "slid into the room like a knife" (3) uses what literary device?

4. According to the narrator on page 13, what is it about Sarah that particularly attracts David?

5. To whom does Sarah give Manuel's shirts on the final night of the musical?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Elli? What does she do for Sarah and the end of the first section of the novel?

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

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

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

6. What happens during Movement class? What does Ms. Rozot tell Sarah?

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

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

9. Who are the English People, and why do they come to CAPA?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think the future has in store for Sarah, Karen, and Claire after the close of the novel? Predict their futures based on their thoughts and actions during the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Sarah finds herself involved in several conflicts during the first section of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict, and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the story and the other characters.

Essay Topic 3

Ms. Rozot tells Sarah that heightened emotional pain fades as one ages. Does the novel support her claim, or does it prove the opposite? Answer, using textual evidence to support your claims.

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