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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 social media platform for posting mainly photos do Alexandra and her friends and colleagues frequent?

2. What do J's parents give Alexandra and J before they leave for the East Coast?

3. What has Alexandra been asking about at work for ages that frustrates her?

4. Where did J and Alexandra grow up together?

5. What do Alexandra and her colleagues scan every morning at work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some things Alexandra likes about media work?

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

3. Why does Alexandra think a lot of people buy lottery tickets?

4. What does Alexandra's managing editor do at the office that sets off a firestorm?

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

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

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

8. What happens to the review of the Sheryl Sandberg book Alexandra writes?

9. What does Alexandra ultimately decide about her job when she moves to Ithaca?

10. What kind of advice does Tim give to Alexandra in Part I?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What event at the tech publication brings racial tensions and issues of workplace diversity to the fore, and how does Alexandra feel about these issues regarding her own workplace? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What does Yamei Kin's story represent to Alexandra, and what lessons does she seem to take from Kin's life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why does the communications professor's overture to Alexandra about applying for a job at the college as an adjunct professor make Alexandra feel so bad and angry? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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