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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. Who calls Claire in anger after her social media posts go viral, after not speaking with her for months?
2. Where do Dori and Rena go as a diversion during their road trip together?
3. Why does Dori tell the stranger at breakfast she is wearing a t-shirt that says "bride"?
4. Where does Claire meet her boyfriend?
5. Who does Claire's father obtain a restraining order against?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Rena think Dori views her?
2. What happens to Rena's sister Elizabeth?
3. In the story Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain, what is part of Dori's wedding theme?
4. What startles Claire about Carmen's reaction to her social media post in the bikini?
5. Why does Cecilia's mother have some hope her efforts on behalf of her grandfather might come to fruition?
6. How does Claire's picture in the Confederate flag bikini start to go viral?
7. What happens to Aaron when he drives Claire home from the party her senior year?
8. In the story Happily Ever After, what fairy tale does Lyssa's mother take her to see a movie adaptation of when she is seven?
9. What does Rena think about the dangers of her job as a photographer sometimes working in war zones?
10. Why does Lyssa's doctor advise her to have her ovaries removed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Cassie, the narrator of the novella The Office of Historical Corrections, has conflicted feelings about her job as a historian at the fictional Institute for Public History. Write an essay exploring the nature of Cassie's feelings about her unusual job.
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think Evans chose not to assign any of the characters in the story Why Won't Women Just Say What They Want names, referring to them only either by job titles or other characteristics? What overall effect do you think this decision has on the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
The last sentence in the story "Boys Go to Jupiter" reads "There are still ten feet between her and the echoing sound of her own voice, telling her she can still be anybody she wants to" (81). Write an essay explaining the meaning of this sentence within the full context of Claire's experience that Evans has laid out for the reader throughout the whole story, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
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