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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 The Remains of the Day was released, how many of Kazuo Ishiguro's novels did Selin's father buy?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

3. In The Seducer's Diary, by what date does the seducer still not know the name of the girl he is stalking?
(a) April 30.
(b) May 5.
(c) April 27.
(d) May 9.

4. What is the name of Selin's financial aid officer in "The First Week"?
(a) Bob.
(b) Dave.
(c) Matt.
(d) Rick.

5. What does Selin listen to when she goes to use the Mather house library in "The Fourth Week"?
(a) Yo-Yo Ma.
(b) Yehudi Menuhin.
(c) Pinchas Zukerman.
(d) Itzhak Perlman.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Third Week," was does Selin have to read for Russian class?

2. Where is the professor from who teaches an ethics seminar Selin audits in "The Third Week"?

3. How much does Selin notice that a book called Flowers of Evil costs in the college bookstore?

4. Who is the heroine of the book Selin is reading for Russian class in "The Third Week"?

5. When Selin and Leora were in middle school, what did Selin's father take them to New York to see?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Selin learn about Kierkegaard's book Either/Or by reading the introduction?

2. What type of bag did Selin buy for her sophomore year of college?

3. What type of scholarship do Joanne and the other Singaporean students have at Harvard?

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

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

6. How are Selin and Svetlana different in how they choose friends?

7. Where was Selin's block assigned, and where did Riley get them transferred?

8. What process does Selin go through when she applies to join the literary magazine?

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

10. What does Peter tell Selin about Ivan?

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