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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. What does Tess feel when she is dancing in Winter?

2. When Tess says she likes everything what does Jake say that means?

3. How was Tess feeling at work after the Thanksgiving holiday?

4. How do people react when Tess returns to Park Bar in Spring?

5. Where does Tess find Simone when Simone abandons her section in Spring?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tess' relationship with Simone change after the wine room in Spring?

2. What does Tess think Winter means for food at the restaurant?

3. How does Tess assist Simone when Simone breaks down in Spring?

4. Why does Tess go to the Grand Central Oyster Bar on her own?

5. How does Jake describe to Tess that she is powerful?

6. What is Tess' reaction to the cake from Simone and Jake?

7. Why does Samantha and Eugene's arrival at the restaurant upset Simone?

8. Why does Tess call Zoe Howard and Simone's puppet?

9. How does Simone respond when Tess tells her she wants to go to Europe?

10. Why does Tess say she feels truly relevant when dancing at the show in Winter?

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

In Winter, Tess says that she wanted the sunrise to confirm her life, but it felt condemning. How is this realization similar to her romantic dreams about New York?

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