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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. What type of exercises are employed in the students' acting class, as explained on page 2?

2. What is the name of place where Sarah lives with her mother?

3. Who is invited to sit in the VIP section on the opening night of the fall musical?

4. How does Sarah get to Karen's house at the end of the first section of the novel?

5. Upon leaving the party at the end of the first section of the novel, whom does Sarah call first?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story through multiple perspectives. How does viewing the action through the eyes of three different individuals affect the story? How would the book be different if the story was told through a single perspective?

Essay Topic 2

In the first section of the novel, Sarah believes that “love meant a shared secret” (17). Explain how this idea permeates the novel, using textual evidence to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how their time at CAPA foreshadows Sarah and Karen’s future selves. How does their time in high school impact these characters as adults?

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