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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. What does Sasha do on her first morning in John's house that makes him angry?
2. Who is in the photograph that Arthur shows Ben of himself with?
3. Who is Alice's teacher?
4. What is George's response to a fan's request for a picture?
5. What does John think Sasha does not remember?
Short Essay Questions
1. What seems to be the most significant reason Alice got the job at the clothing store?
2. How does Alice feel about the trajectory of her life in the story Los Angeles?
3. How does Alice start selling her used underwear to men?
4. Why does Ben ask Karen to come to help him at the guesthouse in the story Menlo Park?
5. In What Can You Do With a General, what has just happened to the dog, Zero?
6. Why is Ben struggling in his personal and professional life in the story Menlo Park?
7. In the story Los Angeles, what does Alice think of the clothes at the store she works at?
8. Why does Arthur get very mad at Ben while they are driving around together in the story Menlo Park?
9. Why does Ben ask the driver to make an extra stop on the way from the airport to Arthur's house?
10. In What Can You Do With a General, how does Sasha react to John's Christmas present?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Cline address the poor treatment, exploitation, and other troubles that migrant farming workers deal with in her story Arcadia? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
How does Cline build suspense and, towards the very end of the story, horror, in the story titled Los Angeles? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay exploring Cline's development of the character Otto in the story Arcadia, drawing on Peter's impressions of him to help support your answers.
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