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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. Who does Oak handcuff Selin to at a party in "March"?

2. What is the name of the guy Selin meets at a party and who had attended the Constructed Worlds class with her last year?

3. In "October," who does Selin help put on nail polish?

4. In "January," what is the name of Lakshmi's new suitor who is in Selin's creative writing class?

5. What childhood toy did Selin have that she though was perfect for crying into?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Lakshmi and Selin find a place to stay in Martha's VIneyard?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How is the furniture arranged in Przemyslaw's bedroom?

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

10. What recurring dream does Selin have in "October"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Selin did not have a happy childhood. What type of childhood would Selin have liked to have had? Why did she not have the type of childhood she wanted?

Essay Topic 2

Selin reads Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin. Why does Selin draw a comparison between herself and the main character, Tatiana? What is revealed about dissimulation and honesty through Tatiana’s character? What quality does Tatiana have that Selin prizes in herself and why?

Essay Topic 3

Artistic license is how an author creates, art, music, or writing based on her interpretation of life. How does Batuman use artistic license to create the realistic background of Either/Or?

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