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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 Richard take pills for?

2. What has Peter heard stories about Otto concerning?

3. How does Richard get to Rowan's school in the story Northeast Regional?

4. What does Kayla do for Jessica when they first meet for Kayla's job interview?

5. What does Richard do at the restaurant that makes a scene?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Peter feel upon seeing Steph cavorting with Otto and another woman in the story Arcadia?

2. In the story Marion, why does the narrator essentially live with Marion?

3. Why does Bob get so angry at Marion when he takes her and the narrator on his trip to deliver the marijuana?

4. When does Kayla feel, briefly, as if she has done something terrible in the story The Nanny?

5. What story does Rafe tell Kayla that she later reads repeated many times in media interviews?

6. How do the migrant farm workers seem to feel about Otto, from what Peter can tell?

7. What does the narrator do at Marion's request that results in the narrator being kicked out of Marion's house?

8. In the story Northeast Regional, how does Richard feel about Ana?

9. How had Jessica found out about Kayla's and Rafe's affair?

10. What bothers Richard about Rowan's attitude when he first meets Rowan at the boarding school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What distinctions does Cline draw between how the fallout from Kayla's and Rafe's affair affects Rafe in comparison to how it apparently affects Kayla? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Cline treat the theme of sexual attraction between men and underage girls in the story Marion, especially considering that Marion herself, at age 13, is actively trying to seduce a man in his twenties? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing Kayla's reaction to Dennis's derision, condescension and criticisms towards her in the story The Nanny, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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