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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. Tess realizes that by being close to Simone she is also close to whom?

2. Which food lesson is the first narcotic people craved?

3. Which city does Tess move to?

4. What drink does Tess ask Jake to make her in Autumn?

5. What does Tess drop on a customer in Autumn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tess find out about Simone and Jake's history in Autumn?

2. How does Tess classify herself compared to her old classmate?

3. How is the food lesson on taste described?

4. What is the Excellence Reflex?

5. How does Simone define abundance to Tess?

6. What was the first big secret about a guest Simone shared with Tess?

7. How does Tess answer Howard's question about a challenge she has overcome?

8. Quotations from which two writer's are in the epigraph?

9. What does Tess notice about Jake and Simone?

10. What does Sasha tell Tess, in Summer, that Jake would do to her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe what it means to be a 51 percenter and why Tess is hired. Include examples Tess shares during her interview that make Howard decide Tess is qualified for the title.

Essay Topic 2

Tess declares that she is different from most people and that she can have it all. Why does Tess vacillate so drastically between feeling positively and negatively about her abilities and her future?

Essay Topic 3

What does Simone mean when she tells Tess that there is a disparity between the way she thinks and the way she speaks? Is Simone correct in her analysis? How does this comment help shape Tess?

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