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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. Why does Ana wake Richard late at night?

2. What does Otto mostly talk to Peter about?

3. Who is Marion's mother?

4. How has Kayla heard that Jessica found out about her affair with the actor, Jessica's husband?

5. What play does the actor Kayla had an affair with credit for inspiring his interest in acting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the restaurant with Rowan, Livia, and Richard that makes everyone really uncomfortable?

2. What does Peter think about the way Otto and Heddy grew up on the farm and how it affected them long-term?

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

4. When does Kayla realize Rafe might not be as enamored with her as he once was?

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

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

7. What does Richard's ex-wife Pam tell him when she calls late at night in the story Northeast Regional?

8. How and when does Peter sense Heddy is truly slipping away from him?

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

10. What is one way Richard deals with the stress of having to intercede with Rowan's serious problem?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the character Richard in Northeast Regional treat women in general, as evidenced by his conversations with Pam, Ana, and Livia? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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