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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. Who asks Meredith what is wrong after his phone call?

2. Who expresses their enthusiasm about their first professional opportunity to Meredith?

3. How does Stella get to her audition?

4. Where is Stella waiting at the beginning of the book?

5. Where is Stella taken once she arrives at the theater?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John Harbour contribute to the fourth chapter?

2. Why is Stella displeased when she begins her work at the theater?

3. What does Rose tell Meredith about Stella at the beginning of the book?

4. What does Stella do when arriving home from her date with Geoffrey?

5. What special directions does Meredith give Stella at the rehearsal in Chapter 4?

6. What does Stella do after her bath in Chapter 3?

7. Give a brief description of Geoffrey.

8. What is going on in the theater when the book begins?

9. Where do Meredith, Bunny, and Stella go for tea and what happens when they get there?

10. What does Stella realize about the theater in the fifth chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author foreshadow Stella's phone call at the end of the book? Include how it is set up and ultimately how it ends.

Essay Topic 2

There are many suggestions of Geoffrey's attraction to Meredith and Meredith's mean treatment of the young man. Tell about both of these instances by giving specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

How has the war physically and emotionally wounded the people of Liverpool? Draw specific examples from the book including the stories that Stella tells about the men from the boarding house.

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