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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. 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) Anna Karenina.
(d) Dead Souls.

2. When did Selin know that she wanted to write novels?
(a) 1st grade.
(b) Before she knew how to read.
(c) High school.
(d) Middle school.

3. Over the summer, who was Svetlana's co-leader for a freshman pre-orientation program?
(a) Michael.
(b) Mark.
(c) David.
(d) Scott.

4. When Selin checks her email in "The First Week," what is the date of the only email from Ivan?
(a) May.
(b) July.
(c) June.
(d) April.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Selina's major?

2. What exploded in Selin's backpack that caused her to buy a canvas army surplus bag?

3. In "The Fourth Week," who is at the Mather house library when Selin arrives?

4. In "The First Week," what does the building look like where Riley gets Selin, Priya, and Joanne transferred to?

5. What are the occupations of the characters in a story Selin has to critique when she applies to join the literary magazine?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Selin not think seeing a therapist will help her?

4. When did Selin know that she wanted to become a novelist?

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

6. What does Peter tell Selin about Ivan?

7. How did Selin and Ivan part in July?

8. Who dies that causes all the Russian isnsructors to be depressed in "The Third Week"?

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

10. What does Selin consider was the worst part of her childhood?

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