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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. Where in England do the visitors live, as mentioned on page 87?

2. What is the name of the senior who takes a special interest in David?

3. According to the narrator on page 13, what is it about Sarah that particularly attracts David?

4. According to the narrator on page 85, all of the acting students, with the exception of Sarah and David, have advanced to what exercise?

5. According to the narrator on page 67, how does Mr. Kingsley treat Sarah following her failures in class?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what production are the CAPA students preparing as Sarah begins her sophomore year? What roles do Sarah and David play in this production?

2. How has Sarah's relationship with Mr. Kingsley changed, as explained on page 67? What caused this change to occur?

3. With whom do the English People stay? What happens as a result?

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. How does the illicit party held at Mr. Kingsley's house end? What happens to Sarah as a result?

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

7. What is CAPA? What is the reader told about it at the beginning of the novel?

8. What happens during the afterparty held at Mr. Kingsley's house? What does Sarah discover?

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

10. Who are the English People, and why do they come to CAPA?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The antagonist of a novel is a character who stands in opposition to the protagonist. Who is the antagonist of the novel? David? Mr. Kingsley? Martin? Or something more than a single individual? Make a case for that which you believe best fits the criteria of the novel’s antagonist.

Essay Topic 2

How does Martin’s play symbolize the novel’s plot and themes? What similarities exist between Martin’s fictional world of the “real” world of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Sarah and Karen. How are they similar, and how are they different? Support your answers with examples from the text.

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