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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 does Sothy call once she has started to worry about the true intentions of the man who comes in late every night to Chuck's Donuts?

2. What work does Tevy's professor require students to title their essays in the style of?

3. What does Maly say she wants for her mother's spirit?

4. Where did Ves cruise for men a handful of times?

5. Who is Maly's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the story titled "The Shop," what is Toby's role in the shop?

2. Why is Sothy struggling to keep Chuck's Donuts open?

3. Why does Dr. Heng's wife hang around the shop all the time?

4. How do Maly and Ves think their extended family feel about them in the story titled "Maly, Maly, Maly"?

5. What are Ves's plans for the end of summer and how does he feel about them?

6. What did Tevy's and Kayley's father once tell them about how Khmer people figure out who to marry?

7. Why does Superking Son seem jealous of Justin?

8. What does Maly think of the baby who is supposed to be reincarnated with her mother's spirit?

9. How do the narrator and his friends feel about Justin?

10. What does Toby's father do in an effort to get the shop back on its feet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Toby's father run and maintain the shop in the story titled "The Shop," and how does Toby feel about his father's business? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Doctor Heng's wife seem so interested in the Shop in the story titled "The Shop," and what is her influence there actually like? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

In the story titled "Human Development," why does Anthony begin to pull away from Ben after Ben describes his idea for his new app? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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