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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 is Alice's teacher?

2. What does John ask Sasha as a five year-old in a home video that is excruciating to watch?

3. What does Sasha not like at dinner, making a big deal out of it?

4. Why does Alice panic the last time she sells her underwear to a stranger?

5. What does Arthur's assistant do for Ben on his first day of work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Alice feel about the trajectory of her life in the story Los Angeles?

5. What is Ben hoping for from his meeting with Arthur in the story Menlo Park?

6. In Son of Friedman, what is George's relationship with Benji like?

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

8. In Son of Friedman, how would you describe the dynamic between George and William?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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

What do you think Cline is attempting to communicate to the reader about fact that Oona and Alice sell their used underwear to many different men online regarding Oona, Alice, the men, and modern American society? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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