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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 "March," what color towel does the Count have in his bathroom?

2. What does Selin remember reading that her mother bought her when she had pneumonia?

3. What underripe fruit does the dining hall have in "December"?

4. What was the name of Selin's bus driver in high school?

5. Where does Malin work at Martha's VIneyard?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In "October," where does Selin sometimes go with Svetlana and why can it be stressful?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters, especially Selin?

Essay Topic 2

Selin’s favorite part of her creative writing class is when the professor, Leonard, discusses the writing life. According to Leonard, what is life like for a writer? What does Leonard believe is most important to becoming a writer—endurance or talent? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Moral rules have to do with principles that indicate what is allowed and what is permitted for human behavior. What do some people believe about the universality of moral rules? Why does Selin reject the idea that moral rules can be universal?

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