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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. The phrase "slid into the room like a knife" (3) is used to describe what character?

2. What is the name of the teacher traveling with the English students?

3. According to the narrator on page 17, what is love to Sarah?

4. What is the name of the hurricane that hits Sarah's hometown in 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 Erin O'Leary and how does Sarah feel about her? Why does she feel this way?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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