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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. How far is the public school from the school that Elizabeth and Sasha attend?

2. What grew outside the house where Elizabeth lived when she was 19?

3. Where does the book take place at the beginning of the novel?

4. When Sasha was 20, how many love affairs did she have that year?

5. In Chapter 1, where did Sasha get married?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Elizabeth's favorite neighbor in her apartment building?

2. What does Elizabeth do on Thursday nights and why?

3. What does the Chilean writer tell Elizabeth about her sister?

4. In Chapter 2, why does Elizabeth skip a run, and what does she try to do instead?

5. In Chapter 3, how far does Elizabeth run and how does she feel afterwards?

6. What is Elizabeth's morning routine in Chapter 1?

7. What type of students does Elizabeth teach in her night class?

8. What does Elizabeth say about her teaching?

9. In Chapter 2, what things does Elizabeth keep private when she talks to her co-homeroom teachers?

10. Why does the principal call Elizabeth into a meeting in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the story take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story and characters or does it take on the role of a character?

Essay Topic 2

Elizabeth has close and not-so-close friends in the novel. How does the author present the various friendships in Elizabeth’s life? How does the author develop the theme of friendship in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Elizabeth and Sasha become friends in high school. How would you describe the relationship between Elizabeth and Sasha in high school?

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