1. Why did Andre and Firmin come to the Opera Populaire? Firmin wanted to buy season tickets. They came to see about buying the opera. They were taking over the opera from M. Lefevre. Andre's mistress was a chorus girl.

2. Why were Firmin and Andre going to cancel the gala performance of "Hannibal" after Carlotta stormed off? The set was ruined when it fell on Carlotta. There was no understudy for Carlotta. Without Carlotta, no one would want to see the opera anyway. Carlotta had threatened to sue if anyone replaced her at the gala.

3. How did Raoul end up getting locked out of Christine's dressing room? He forgot his key to her dressing room. Christine locked him out. He was late getting to her dressing room. He'd left to give her time to change and to get his hat.

4. How did Meg find the tunnel behind the mirror in the dressing room? The Phantom didn't close the mirror completely after taking Christine. Mme Giry showed Meg how to get to the tunnel from the chapel. Meg followed Christine one night. Buquet had told all the ballet girls how to get to the Phantom's lair.

5. Why did the managers give Carlotta a black poodle? Her white poodle had run away. The managers had given Christine a black poodle and Carlotta wanted one as well. The Phantom's note had scared her so much that she refused to perform. They wanted to get her to change her mind about leaving the Opera Populaire for good.

6. Why did Carlotta run off the stage during the performance of "Il Muto"? She croaked like a toad. Piangi upstaged her. A backdrop fell on her. Christine kept talking when her part was silent.

7. What caused the Phantom to declare "you will curse the day you did not do"? He decided Christine couldn't sing after all. He caught Christine and Raoul professing their love for one another. Christine had decided she didn't want to be a singer, she wanted to continue as a dancer. Christine decided to join Raoul's plan to capture the Phantom.

8. How was the Phantom able to find Christine at the graveyard? He followed Christine's carriage on horseback. He knocked out the original carriage driver and drove the carriage himself. She had told him that she went there every Sunday. He followed her footprints in the snow.

9. Why was Carlotta screaming after the Phantom took Christine at the end of "Point of No Return"? She was mad because no one got to hear her solo. Piangi had been found murdered. The Phantom's face was so ugly. Someone had accosted her in the ladies bathroom.

10. Why did the Phantom let Christine and Raoul ultimately leave his lair? The mob was getting closer to his lair. All of these. Christine had shown him compassion. He had seen how much Christine and Raoul loved one another.