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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. What artist does Riley make a tape of their album for Selin in "November"?

2. In "February," where does Selin walk with Sahin's friend after a party?

3. How old is the female character in Rudolfio?

4. When was Fear and Trembling published?

5. What does Selin remember that her parents' friends' daughter, Dilek, named her son?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Riley finally get a cat, and what type of cat does she get?

2. Why does Selin have to help Danny, Josh, and their friends get into the Quincy building?

3. To what does Selin compare her time in middle school and high school?

4. What do Lakshmi and Selin have to help Malin and Elsa do in Martha's Vineyard?

5. How does Selin get sick at a party, and how does she get home?

6. At a party, how does Selin end up handcuffed to Jeremy, and how do they get free?

7. What does Selin wear to a party Lakshmi organizes at the literary magazine in February?

8. What is Selin's favorite line in Chekhov's The Lady with the Little Dog?

9. How does Selin's psychiatrist react when she asks about antidepressants?

10. What are Selin's thoughts when Matt becomes Svetlana's boyfriend?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Selin has an aversion to having children. What are Selin’s views on parenthood and children? Why does she hold those views? How has her childhood influenced her views?

Essay Topic 3

Selin audits an ethics seminar taught by a philosophy professor from Oxford. What is revealed about ethics and quality of life in the seminar? Why is the quality of life an important consideration when deciding if something is ethical?

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