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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. Where does the term The Office Of Historical Corrections first originate?
2. Why is the nature of Josiah Wynslow's death in doubt?
3. Why does Cassie's boss send her to Cherry Mills?
4. Where is Cherry Mill?
5. Who was the one Black resident of Cherry Mill in 1937?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which group was most persistent in its resistance to the work of the Institute for Public History?
2. What does the model/actress find some freedom in with the artist?
3. In the story Why Won't Women Just Say What They Want, what had everyone heard about the genius artist in recent years?
4. How would you describe the effect of the artist's misdeeds on the various women in the story Why Won't Women Just Say What They Want?
5. What does Cassie do to try to avoid falling into routine in her new job at the Institute for Public History?
6. How does Vera at first try to figure out if anyone is looking for William?
7. What is Cassie's and Genevieve's "friendship" like?
8. What is one of the biggest differences between how Genevieve does her job and how Cassie does hers at the IPH?
9. How does Daniel react when Cassie tells him she is about to travel to do a clarification on one of Genevieve's corrections?
10. How has Genevieve's formerly perfect-seeming life changed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think Evans chooses to write the two stories in the collection, Alcatraz and The Office of Historical Corrections, from the first-person point of view, and how do you think this decision affects the reader's experience of these particular stories? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
What kind of responsibilities does the narrator, Cecilia, in the story Alcatraz seem to feel she has to both her mother and her grandfather, Charles Sullivan, who was wrongly imprisoned for some years in the infamous jail? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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