View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has Rose booked a hotel room for?

2. Who does Stella open up to the most in the book?

3. At what hotel did Rose book the room?

4. How does the opening go for the new play in Chapter 6?

5. What is Stella's job at rehearsals while next to Meredith's side?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stella learn about Meredith and Bunny's true backgrounds?

2. Where does Uncle Vernon get invited to three days before Christmas, and who invites him?

3. What new job has Meredith given Stella in Chapter 6, and what is so funny about it?

4. What is happening with Richard during the rehearsals in Chapter 7 for the third play of the book?

5. Where does O'Hara stay while in Liverpool?

6. What does Stella say that she does to practice for bad situations?

7. What is Stella's new role for the third play put on in the book?

8. How does Geoffrey feel about Stella by Chapter 6?

9. What are the two questions that Lily asks Stella, which leads to Stella telling her to shut up?

10. What impact on the production has O'Hara made playing his role in the play?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

For most of the book Stella has not been a particularly sympathetic protagonist. At what point does this change for the reader and does the reader's heart go out to the emotionally damaged young woman? What causes this change?

Essay Topic 2

Tell of all the unique technical aspects that are given into the backstage world of the company preparing for the production of Peter Pan.

Essay Topic 3

Tell the series of events that Stella's lie to Dawn sets in motion. End with how it leads to the entrance of O'Hara.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 579 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample