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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Third Week," where is Juho from who Selin sits with at dinner one night?
(a) Greenland.
(b) Finland.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Iceland.

2. What does Lakshmi's father do for a living?
(a) Ambassador.
(b) Statesman.
(c) Diplomat.
(d) Military attache.

3. In "The Second Week," how many times has Selin gone to the student health center to talk to a therapist before Svetlana tells Selin she needs therapy?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) None.
(d) 1.

4. What memory technique did Svetlana's father teach her?
(a) Spaced repetition.
(b) Chunking.
(c) Major method.
(d) The method of loci.

5. What is the name of Selin's financial aid officer in "The First Week"?
(a) Rick.
(b) Bob.
(c) Dave.
(d) Matt.

6. Where is the professor from who teaches an ethics seminar Selin audits in "The Third Week"?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Yale.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Cambridge.

7. In "The First Week," where is Ivan going to college?
(a) Berkley.
(b) Stanford.
(c) MIT.
(d) Brown.

8. When Selin goes shopping in Boston with Riley, Priya, and Joanne in "The Fourth Week," what type of fabric does Selin buy?
(a) Black cotton.
(b) Purple satin.
(c) White cotton.
(d) Bronze satin.

9. How old is Juho?
(a) 26.
(b) 28.
(c) 23.
(d) 21.

10. What does Selin find in the kitchen sink of her suite in "The Third Week"?
(a) Beta fish.
(b) Stingray.
(c) Catfish.
(d) Goldfish.

11. In "The Third Week," was does Selin have to read for Russian class?
(a) Eugene Onegin.
(b) Dead Souls.
(c) Anna Karenina.
(d) One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.

12. When The Remains of the Day was released, how many of Kazuo Ishiguro's novels did Selin's father buy?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

13. How old was Selin when her parents filed a custody suit for her?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 13.
(d) 14.

14. When Selin and Leora were in middle school, what did Selin's father take them to New York to see?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Long Day's Journey into Night.
(c) Death of a Salesman.
(d) Les Miserables.

15. How old was Selin the first time that she talked to a psychologist?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Selin lived with her paternal aunt, where did her aunt work?

2. When did Selin know that she wanted to write novels?

3. What size shoes does Selin wear?

4. What does Selin have for breakfast the morning after she watches The Usual Suspects in "The Second Week"?

5. What does Gavriil show everyone he has in his backpack during Russian class in "The Second Week"?

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