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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 comes to Kennedy's last show at Stardust?

2. What does Kennedy tell her mother about college?

3. Who does Kennedy bump into in New York?

4. Why does Kennedy call in sick to her show?

5. What person from Stella's office takes her out for lunch?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Stella go back to Mallard?

2. Why do the Walkers leave an affluent L.A. neighborhood?

3. Why was Stella fired from her first job away from home?

4. Who shows up to Kennedy's last show at the Stardust Theater?

5. Who does Jude introduce herself to on her last night working at the Stardust Theater?

6. What does Kennedy confess to Jude backstage?

7. What does Stella give Early to sell?

8. Who keeps Jude company at the hospital?

9. Who does Jude bump into at the Stardust Theater?

10. What kind of surgery does Reese end up getting?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you examine the relationship between Stella and Desiree. What is the nature of this relationship before Stella leaves, and what is it like after? Use evidence from the text for support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you examine the relationship between Stella and Loretta Walker. Why is Stella so hesitant to befriend Loretta, and for what reasons does their relationship eventually fizzle out? What impact does Loretta leave on Stella? Use evidence from the text for support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore Stella and Desiree's twin identity. What does being a twin entail for these two? How does their understanding of each other and their shared twin identity change once Stella leaves and over the course of the novel? Use evidence from the text for support.

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