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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Alexandra's group of friends from high school call themselves?
(a) The Milk Club.
(b) The Hot Club.
(c) The Girls.
(d) The Not Club.

2. What recurring dream does Alexandra have in Part II?
(a) About her shoes falling off.
(b) About her teeth falling out.
(c) About getting fired.
(d) About falling off a cliff.

3. What does Corey tell Alexandra would be the bad news if the company let her work remotely in Ithaca?
(a) She would probably get fired soon afterwards.
(b) She would lose her promotion.
(c) She would have to take a pay cut.
(d) He would not be her editor any more.

4. What has Alexandra been asking about at work for ages that frustrates her?
(a) A raise.
(b) A new desk.
(c) A going-away party.
(d) An office plant.

5. Which of the following is a concern of Alexandra's as she and J travel across the country?
(a) How she can make new friends.
(b) How she can learn to cook better.
(c) How she can find something good to read.
(d) How she can best "hide herself."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of life's top-five stressors, according to a former coworker of Alexandra's?

2. What do some of Alexandra's former co-workers give her and J for their road trip?

3. Who is the senior writer who is also Alexandra's deskmate?

4. What school does J decide to go to in Part II?

5. What does Alexandra's mother complain to her about regarding Alexandra's father in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between Alexandra's parents like?

2. What does the woman Alexandra works for doing house-organizing tasks tell her that is quite racist?

3. How does Alexandra feel about her job in Part I?

4. What are some things about Alexandra's father that concern her?

5. What forms the foundation of Alexandra's friendship with Jasmine?

6. What does Alexandra think when her company finally gives her a raise?

7. What bothered Alexandra about her job loading groceries at a grocery store?

8. In Part II, what does Alexandra discover about Kevin that makes her even more dissatisfied with her job?

9. What kind of liberals does a junior high teacher of Alexandra's say Davis was full of?

10. Why does Alexandra ask her mother what she thought of Nashville when she arrived there in 1982?

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