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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 underripe fruit does the dining hall have in "December"?

2. What time does Selin go to meet the Count in "March"?

3. In an email in "April," how many times does Ivan say a guy should tell you he loves you before you tell him you love him?

4. In "February," where did Selin's aunt buy the outfit she wears to a party Lakshmi organizes?

5. When Juho shows up at Selin's suite in October, where is he injured?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Selin learn when her mother calls iin "October" from the hospital?

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

4. Why does Selin apply to Let's Go, and where does she want to go?

5. What book does Selin pick up at the bookstore in April?

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

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

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

9. What is Sahin celebrating at a party Lakshmi organizes at the literary magazine in February?

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

Selin makes a discovery about conversations when attending parties. What discovery does Selin make about conversations when attending parties? What makes it easier for her to carry on conversations at parties and why?

Essay Topic 2

Selin reads Nadja by French writer Andre Breton. How does reading Nadja seem to serve as proof to Selin that she is not alone in being a woman who has been manipulated by a boyfriend or lover?

Essay Topic 3

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of Either/Or?

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