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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 exists between the band and the crowd of dancers?

2. What is the term for improving an area for the affluent?

3. What does Jake mean when he says Tess is in the struggle now?

4. Who does Tess say is a puppet of the other managers?

5. How does Simone know Samantha?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Jake take Tess when they leave the show in Winter?

3. Why does Jake tell Tess not to get drunk?

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

5. Why does Tess say Jake is terrified of youth?

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

7. What is vindictive about the way Will tells Tess her server clogs were thrown out?

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

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

10. Why does Ariel have such a large network of friends?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the characters in the novel use some form or drugs or alcohol to self-medicate. Why do they want to bring themselves up and then down? How does that pattern relate to the rhythm of the restaurant?

Essay Topic 2

Of all the lessons Tess learns at the restaurant, which seem to stay with her, and for better or worse, teach her the most? Are any of the lessons transferable to the reader's life?

Essay Topic 3

Tess always wanted Ariel to invite her to a show, and when she finally did, Tess described the music as being like a knife's edge. How does the irony and sincerity of the music described inform this novel?

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