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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. Where do Richard and his girlfriend stay together?

2. What does Otto mostly talk to Peter about?

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

4. Who tries to make Kayla feel guilty for what happened at her old job?

5. What does Kayla's host ask her to watch with herself and her husband when Kayla first arrives?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Richard ruin Ana's weekend in the story Northeast Regional?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Thora ultimately treat G so badly in the story A/S/L, fabricating a story about feeling unsafe in his presence at the rehab center? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why does the unnamed narrator in the story Marion get blamed for all of Marion's transgressions, and how does the narrator ultimately seem to feel about her separation from Marion at the end of the story? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Cline address the poor treatment, exploitation, and other troubles that migrant farming workers deal with in her story Arcadia? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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