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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. Which CAPA student ends up hosting the majority of the English boys?

2. According to Mr. Kingsley on page 57, he will not rest until what happens?

3. According to the Movement instructor on page 36, for what should Sarah feel thankful?

4. Whom does Sarah discover in Mr. Kingsley's attic on page 75?

5. According to the narrator on page 113, how has Mr. Kingsley's attic changed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does David go the summer before sophomore year? What does he do while there?

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

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

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

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

9. What act of revenge does Sarah take after the final performance of the musical? What effects does this act have?

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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