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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 Ben like to brainstorm with?

2. Where does Ben ask the driver to stop before his destination?

3. Where is John in the very beginning of the story What Can You Do With a General?

4. What do both George and William order for dinner?

5. About how often does Alice start selling her underwear to strangers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Ben feel guilty about regarding a close personal relationship in the story Menlo Park?

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

5. How does Oona respond to Alice's worries about safety when she sells her used underwear to strangers?

6. In What Can You Do With a General, what has just happened to the dog, Zero?

7. What do Sasha and John do together, just the two of them, in What Can You Do With a General?

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

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

10. What sours Karen on Ben in the story Menlo Park?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Ben seem to attribute his own troubles in life, including both his personal and professional falls from grace, to? As a reader, how do you feel about Ben's assessment of his own set of circumstances? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think George Friedman finds it so hard to muster feelings of affection and kindness towards his own son, Benji, in the story Son of Friedman, and how does Cline communicate this tendency of George's to the reader? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

In the story What Can You Do With a General, why do you think Sasha's relationship with John is so much more difficult than those of her siblings Chloe and Sam with John? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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