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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. Which CAPA student ends up hosting the majority of the English boys?

2. According to Sarah on page 91, Mr. Kingsley and the two English adults seem to form what?

3. Where does David go on vacation at the end of freshman year?

4. According to the narrator on page 3, David gained admission to CAPA after performing a monologue from what work?

5. What is the name given to the visitors from England, as explained on page 87?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Elli? What does she do for Sarah and the end of the first section of the novel?

2. Where does David go the summer before sophomore year? What does he do while there?

3. What happens when Sarah confronts Mr. Kingsley about the situation with Joelle? What does he say, and how does she feel?

4. Why does Sarah's mother meet with the principal of CAPA? What evidence on page 84 indicates something is very wrong with Sarah?

5. Who is Joelle? What happens between Joelle and Sarah during class at the beginning of sophomore year?

6. Who greets Sarah as she sits alone in the parking lot following the Candide performance? Where do they go and what do they do?

7. Why does Mr. Kingsley contact Sarah's mother? What is Sarah's reaction to this intervention?

8. Who is Manuel? What happens to him during auditions for the fall musical?

9. What happens between Sarah and David on the first day of their sophomore year? What is the result of this occurrence?

10. What has Sarah finally achieved? What has she learned from this achievement, as explained on page 97?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ms. Rozot tells Sarah that heightened emotional pain fades as one ages. Does the novel support her claim, or does it prove the opposite? Answer, using textual evidence to support your claims.

Essay Topic 2

What do you think the future has in store for Sarah, Karen, and Claire after the close of the novel? Predict their futures based on their thoughts and actions during the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the theme of trauma and its aftermath.

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