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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. When Selin and Leora were in middle school, what did Selin's father take them to New York to see?
(a) Death of a Salesman.
(b) Long Day's Journey into Night.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Les Miserables.

2. Where was the store located where Selin bought boots over the summer?
(a) Across from Grand Central Station.
(b) Across from Penn Station.
(c) 88th St.
(d) 34th Street.

3. In "The Third Week," was does Selin have to read for Russian class?
(a) One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
(b) Eugene Onegin.
(c) Dead Souls.
(d) Anna Karenina.

4. How old was Selin when her parents filed a custody suit for her?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 13.

5. What did the owner of a restaurant used to make a cook prepare where Selin's paternal aunt worked?
(a) Smalahove.
(b) Tripe soup.
(c) Haggis.
(d) Faggots.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Third Week," where is Juho from who Selin sits with at dinner one night?

2. What type of company does Riley's mother work for that has given Riley a full scholarship to Harvard?

3. Where does Selin remember that she and Ivan said goodbye?

4. What does Selin remember Ivan eating when he mysteriously turned up at the freshman cafeteria last year?

5. After Selin watches The Usual Suspects what does she see Svetlana is eating in the Quincy dining hall?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peter tell Selin about Ivan?

2. What discussion do Svetlana and Selin have about vocal and instrumental music?

3. What are freshman pre-orientation programs, and why did Selin not apply?

4. What does Selin say about taking an extra class in "The First Week"?

5. Who does Selin sit with at dinner in "The Third Week"?

6. In "The Fourth Week," where does Selin go when she is tired of a conversation in her suite's common room?

7. Where did Svetlana spend her summer and how was her trip?

8. What does Selin observe about a professor who teaches an ethics seminar she audits in "The Third Week"?

9. When did Selin realize that she was not good at creative writing?

10. In "The Third Week," what does Selin notice in the kitchen of her suite?

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