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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells the narrator in ‘Making Love in 2003’ that she is a promising writer?
(a) Her college advisor.
(b) Her girlfriend.
(c) Her boyfriend.
(d) Her neighbor.

2. What do the students in ‘It Was Romance’ try to learn?
(a) How to be in relationships.
(b) How to find dates.
(c) How to go on dates.
(d) How to develop a romantic air.

3. Who are Astrid and Tallulah?
(a) Two personal chefs.
(b) Pip and the narrator's fake names in ‘Something That Needs Nothing’.
(c) Pip and Kate's alter egos.
(d) Two babysitters.

4. Who is a regular fixture in the life of the narrator in ‘Making Love in 2003’?
(a) A dark figure.
(b) An imaginary dog.
(c) An imaginary friend.
(d) Her boyfriend.

5. Why does the narrator of ‘Making Love in 2003’ care for a man dying of cancer?
(a) His name is Craig.
(b) His name is Steve.
(c) Shes loves him.
(d) That man is her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Obley?

2. Who sees Theresa crying in the hallway in ‘It Was Romance’?

3. Who shares an apartment in ‘Something That Needs Nothing’?

4. Who has a twin sister named Pauline?

5. What does the little boy think of the narrator's room in 'The Boy from Lam Kien’?

Short Essay Questions

1. What name does the narrator in 'Something That Needs Nothing' give herself?

2. Who is Steve K?

3. Who is cheating on their spouse in ‘Making Love in 2003’?

4. Who is Pip?

5. What store does Kate's father own?

6. What is Obley?

7. What is Lam Kien?

8. Who is Kate?

9. Who wears a wig in 'Something That Needs Nothing'?

10. Who does Pip live with after high school?

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