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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 specific kind of reality television do the couple at 1217 Ridgewood Road like to watch?
(a) Survivor.
(b) Hoarders.
(c) Extreme obesity and weight-loss shows.
(d) The Bachelor.

2. Who are the twins who switch places in the story "The Mark of Cain"?
(a) Jack and Caleb.
(b) Jacob and Jack.
(c) Jacob and Caleb.
(d) Caleb and Carson.

3. Where are Tricia and her family from?
(a) Haiti.
(b) California.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) The everglades.

4. What is one part of her new community that Marcy enjoys participating in?
(a) Happy hour.
(b) The job training program.
(c) The knitting classes.
(d) Fitness classes.

5. What does Kate's boyfriend do for a living?
(a) He is an architect.
(b) He is a logger.
(c) He is a painter.
(d) He is an engineer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alvarez imagine his daughter's name will be?

2. What city in Florida has Marcy moved to?

3. Where has Marcy lived her whole life before moving to Florida in the story "Florida"?

4. What is Bianca's husband's name?

5. What is Bianca drawn to on the playground on her first date with her husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Alvarez hesitant to get more involved with Sarah in "La Negra Blanca," even though he adores her?

2. What shocking realization does the narrator come to at the end of "The Mark of Cain"?

3. Why does Sarah, who goes by Sierra at work, perform at a strip club?

4. Why does the young, working-class couple watch reality television in the story "Florida"?

5. Why is William Livingston briefly appalled when he finds out that Sarah is mixed-race in "La Negra Blanca"?

6. Why does Carolina tell Savvie she decided to marry Darryl?

7. In the story "Difficult Women," what is it about death that makes girls more interesting?

8. Why does the narrator in "The Mark of Cain" decide not to let on that she knows her husband switches places with his twin?

9. What event eventually brings Kate and Magnus back together?

10. How does Tricia judge the clients she cleans houses for in the story "Florida"?

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