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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Natasha say she has been getting application materials ready for when she talks with the USCIS agent in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Berkeley.
(b) Harvard.
(c) NYU.
(d) Brooklyn College.

2. What do Daniel's parents want him to be when he grows up?
(a) An actor.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A poet.
(d) A doctor.

3. How many questions total from the list from the love study do Daniel and Natasha decide they will ask one another each?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 5.

4. Where did Daniel's parents meet?
(a) South Korea.
(b) North Korea.
(c) New York.
(d) Jamaica.

5. What are the two chemicals that dictate the third stage of attraction, according to the narrator in “Love: A Chemical History"?
(a) Oxytocin and vasopressin.
(b) Serotonin and Estrogen.
(c) Serotonin and vasopressin.
(d) Testosterone and Estrogen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Daniel describe the article about the researcher who put two people in a lab and had them ask one another intimate questions?

2. What is the first question from Category #2 (medium intimacy) that Daniel and Natasha choose to ask one another?

3. How old was Daniel when he claims Charlie stopped liking him?

4. How old is Peter in the beginning of the novel?

5. What principle from physics does Natasha note Daniel has never heard of in the narrative?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Natasha become flustered and leave the coffee shop?

2. What kind of store does Daniel's father own? Where is it located?

3. How are the concepts of practicality and romanticism juxtaposed in the novel?

4. What similarities do Daniel and Natasha share?

5. Who is Daniel scheduled to meet with from Yale? Why?

6. What is the significance of Irene's character in the novel?

7. How would you describe the narrative style of The Sun is Also a Star?

8. What are the relationships like in Daniel's family?

9. Who is Jeremy Fitzgerald and what is his role in the plot of The Sun is Also a Star?

10. What is the significance of the Prologue to The Sun is Also a Star?

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