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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. What kind of debt had until recently been carried by the greatest number of Americans?
(a) Car.
(b) Credit card.
(c) Student.
(d) Homeowner.

2. How does Tolentino define her cultural identity?
(a) Filipino-American.
(b) Chinese-American.
(c) Indian.
(d) African-American.

3. Which literary hero does Tolentino utilize in order to discuss the recognition of three certain aspects of life?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Dante.

4. In which American city did Tolentino grow up?
(a) San Antonio.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) Houston.
(d) Santa Fe.

5. Tolentino writes that on Sundays, her church "looked like a" (130) what?
(a) Circus.
(b) Ghost town.
(c) Carnival.
(d) Car dealership.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drug does Tolentino claim can be useful to one's emotional health if used sparingly?

2. What kind of festival was the Fyre Festival discussed by Tolentino?

3. What was the last name of the woman who wrote The Second Sex, the book discussed by Tolentino in the essay "Pure Heroines"?

4. When the article "A Rape on Campus" was published, for how many years had Erdely been out of college?

5. At what age did Tolentino enter first grade?

Short Essay Questions

1. What distinction does Tolentino make between the depiction of trauma in children's literature and the depiction of trauma in adult literature?

2. For what reason did Tolentino end up attending the University of Virginia, though she had "applied mostly to schools in New England and California" (196)?

3. To what types of evidence does Tolentino point after she states, "Something likely happened to Jackie on September 28, 2012" (203)?

4. What underlying reasons does Tolentino point to when she discusses scam culture and its takeover of the online landscape?

5. What is the symbolism of the Amazon building Tolentino discusses in the essay entitled "Pure Heroines"?

6. Describe an instance in "We Come from Old Virginia" when Tolentino depicts her younger self as a product of a patriarchal society.

7. What is the main claim being made within the essay entitled "Pure Heroines" and how do you know?

8. Who is Esther Greenwood?

9. On which generation does the essay "The Story of a Generation of Seven Scams" focus?

10. Discuss Tolentino's reason for discussing at length Sylvia Plath's novel The Bell Jar in the essay entitled "Pure Heroines."

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