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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. How old is Kayla?
2. How has Kayla heard that Jessica found out about her affair with the actor, Jessica's husband?
3. What kind of substance does Bobby sell?
4. What does Livia order at the restaurant?
5. What does Kayla ask her hosts for in the beginning of the story The Nanny?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the story Arcadia, why do Peter and Heddy live with Heddy's brother Otto?
2. How does Ana change her interactions with Richard based on his mood?
3. How and when does Peter sense Heddy is truly slipping away from him?
4. Why does Bob get so angry at Marion when he takes her and the narrator on his trip to deliver the marijuana?
5. When does Kayla realize that Dennis blames her and looks down on her for what happened with Rafe?
6. What story does Rafe tell Kayla that she later reads repeated many times in media interviews?
7. Who is Marion interested in sexually in the story Marion, and why is this a problem?
8. What bothers Richard about Rowan's attitude when he first meets Rowan at the boarding school?
9. How do the migrant farm workers seem to feel about Otto, from what Peter can tell?
10. How does Peter feel upon seeing Steph cavorting with Otto and another woman in the story Arcadia?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many of Cline's stories in this collection deal with father-adult children relationships. Write an essay exploring how Cline treats the theme of difficult father-child relationships across different stories.
Essay Topic 2
Why does the unnamed narrator in the story Marion get blamed for all of Marion's transgressions, and how does the narrator ultimately seem to feel about her separation from Marion at the end of the story? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
How does Cline communicate Rowan's feelings about Richard to the reader in the story Northeast Regional? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
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