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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. In "The First Week," how long has it been since Selin has spoken to Ivan?

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

3. On the second Wednesday of September, what time does Selin meet Peter and the other English teachers from the Hungary program?

4. Where was the store located where Selin bought boots over the summer?

5. In "The First Week," what do Selin and Svetlana read in her room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Svetlana good at memorizing?

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

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

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

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

6. How did Selin and Ivan part in July?

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

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

9. What does Peter tell Selin about Ivan?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lakshmi plans to have an arranged marriage. Why does Lakshmi believe arranged marriages are preferable to love matches?

Essay Topic 2

Selin reads Kierkegaard’s book, Either/Or. What is communicated about her interest in an aesthetic life through her reading of Kierkegaard’s Either/Or?

Essay Topic 3

A character arc is the inner journey of a character in a book. What is Selin’s character arc, and what situations influence her growth and development?

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