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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 helps pay for Alice's classes?

2. Where does Alice meet the last man she sells her underwear to?

3. Who does Sasha say hates the rest of the family at the first full family dinner?

4. Who is George's first wife?

5. What does Alice ask Porter for in the story Los Angeles?

Short Essay Questions

1. In What Can You Do With a General, how does Sasha react to John's Christmas present?

2. In the story Los Angeles, what does Alice think of the clothes at the store she works at?

3. Why does Ben ask Karen to come to help him at the guesthouse in the story Menlo Park?

4. What does John have trouble controlling in What Can You Do With a General?

5. Why is Ben struggling in his personal and professional life in the story Menlo Park?

6. Why does Ben ask the driver to make an extra stop on the way from the airport to Arthur's house?

7. What happens on Sasha's trip that makes her upset and anxious in What Can You Do With a General?

8. In Son of Friedman, what is Benji's film like?

9. What question does John ask Sasha when Sasha is just a child that is shocking in its awkwardness and neediness?

10. What happens to Alice the last time she ever sells her underwear to someone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the unnamed narrator in the story Marion get blamed for all of Marion's transgressions, and how does the narrator ultimately seem to feel about her separation from Marion at the end of the story? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How and when does Peter seem to realize that he and Heddy are probably not that well-suited to each other as romantic partners, or as prospective parents? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What kinds of details does Cline provide about Sasha's childhood relationship with her father John in the story What Can You Do With a General? What details and information about this relationship and time period does Cline merely imply? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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