| 1. | How is reading a graphic novel different from reading a regular novel? Did you like reading this kind of book? Why or why not? |
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| 2. | What do you know about ballet? |
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| 3. | Who are Mikhail Baryshnikov and George Balanchine? Why were they important to Siena? |
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| 4. | What is your dream? |
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| 5. | Music is important to Siena. What is your favorite music and why? |
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| 6. | If toe shoes hurt so much, why do you think ballerinas still wear them? |
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| 7. | Have you ever seen a ballet? Or a dance performance? What did you like or dislike about it? |
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| 8. | What other types of dance are there? |
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| 9. | Would you ever want to be a ballerina/dancer? Why or why not? |
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| 10. | If you wrote a graphic novel about your life so far, what would write and draw about? |
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| 11. | Where is Puerto Rico? Why did Siena and her family move from there to New York City? |
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| 12. | What was your favorite part of this story? |
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| 13. | What was your least favorite part of this story? |
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| 14. | Why do you think Siena decided to stop being a professional dancer at the end of the story? |
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| 15. | Have you ever done an audition for anything? Dance, theater, music, etc.? How did you feel? |
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