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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. Sia’s picture is on the front page of what publication that Roberta rushes up with in Chapter 34?

2. Who helps Sia do her hair and get dressed for the Oscars in Chapter 28?

3. Janet’s counselor tells Sia and her father that Janet will be able to communicate with them how at this point in Chapter 22?

4. What does Sia say Kyle is studying in college in the Epilogue?

5. Who had told Sia to take the cash and put it in a bank and have her dad cover it with a check in Chapter 37?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Alyz take Sia to meet with after they leave the dance floor in Chapter 31? How successful is this meeting?

2. How does Sia feel about the coming event in the beginning of Chapter 28? Who helps Sia prepare?

3. What outcome has come about regarding Sia’s parents’ film company in the Epilogue?

4. How does Kyle respond when he learns that Sia’s memory has come back in Chapter 41?

5. How does Sia’s mother appear when Sia and her father first see her at the rehab clinic in Chapter 21? What does Sia’s mother say of her time there?

6. How does Kyle’s fundraiser change the dynamics of Beverly Hills High School in Chapter 35?

7. Why does Stacy come to Sia’s house in Chapter 35? What information does she relate to Sia?

8. How is the arrival of Sia and Kyle at the Academy Awards described in Chapter 29?

9. How does Sia’s father respond when she presents him with Alyz’s idea in Chapter 25?

10. What does Sia remark about Alyz and her behavior at the party in Chapter 32?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the setting of the Holloway Home in Beverly Hills, California. How big is the population of Beverly Hills? How are the homes here described? How does this setting contrast with the setting of the homeless encampment under the bridge?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the setting of Beverly Hills High in the novel. How many students attend this school? How are the different cliques described? Do you think this school and the dynamics within it are similar to your own school setting? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the lives of the homeless in Los Angeles, California. How many people are homeless in L.A. today? What resources are available to the homeless here? Where do the homeless live? How and where do they eat? Do you think the author portrays these realities well in the novel?

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