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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 Richard's girlfriend's husband?

2. What kind of substance does Bobby sell?

3. What does Heddy say when Peter suggests moving away from the farm?

4. Who did Kayla once know in college who had been adopted from Mongolia?

5. What does the headmaster think of the parents of the student who was involved in the incident with Rowan?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Kayla successfully escape from the party Mary and Dennis bring her to?

3. Why is Kayla staying with Mary and Dennis in the story The Nanny?

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

5. When does Kayla realize that Dennis blames her and looks down on her for what happened with Rafe?

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

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

8. In the story Arcadia, why do Peter and Heddy live with Heddy's brother Otto?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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