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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 kind of clothes does Claire wear while she is in LA?
2. What did Abby and Hadley's stylist say about them?
3. What did Dylan lose in the studio bathroom?
4. What would Claire miss about New York?
5. What are Massie, Claire, and Kendra doing in the Block Estate Spa?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Emma help the girls out?
2. How does Claire help out Massie?
3. What places do people go to in this section?
4. What do the girls do to pass the time while they wait for Emma?
5. Which people on the movie set help Claire out?
6. Is education important to Massie and Claire's parents?
7. How do the girls prepare for "The Daily Grind"?
8. How do the characters prepare for their trip?
9. How do Massie and Alicia treat Claire after the audition?
10. In what ways does Massie try to undermine Claire?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Since this series is named after cliques, cliques are clearly an important theme for each book.
1. In this novel, do cliques seem to be good or bad? Is the Pretty Committee a valuable support network, or is it a burden to its members? Does the Pretty Committee's structure help its members, or hurt them?
2. Is it better to be part of a clique, or unaffiliated? Why are the various cliques so competitive with one another? Would you consider Layne to be a member of the Pretty Committee? Why or why not?
3. How do the cliques rearrange themselves throughout the novel? Is the dynamic of the Pretty Committee the same at the end as it was at the beginning?
Essay Topic 2
While this series normally takes place in Westchester, New York, most of the action in this book takes place in California, with many characters being left behind in Westchester.
1. What goes on in Westchester while the girls are in California?
2. How would the novel be different if it were instead told from the viewpoint of Kristen or Dylan?
3. The author could have directly narrated scenes in both settings, but instead chose to describe most Westchester events through gossip and phone conversations. What does this contribute to the novel? How would the novel be different if the reader had direct access to these parts of the story?
Essay Topic 3
It is obvious from the name of their clique that physical beauty is very important to the Pretty Committee, and people in Hollywood are also concerned with physical beauty.
1. Why are the characters so concerned with physical beauty? Do you think that they are correct to care so much about it, or do they place too much emphasis on beauty?
2. Can beauty be a problem? Give an example from the novel of a problem arising from physical beauty, or from concern with physical beauty.
3. What steps do the characters take to be beautiful?
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