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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 does the person the narrator meets on her way to the grocery store ask her?

2. What does the narrator find intriguing about her conversation with Felix at the bar the first night they meet?

3. Who is the narrator's boyfriend in Part I?

4. Where and when does the narrator usually write her longer stories?

5. Who does the narrator routinely refer to as sort of watching her story and commenting on it from the sidelines?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who approaches the narrator repeatedly when she goes to buy breakfast ingredients, and what does this person do to her?

2. What does the narrator often hear, as a generality, that her generation values?

3. How does the narrator learn about Felix's death?

4. Where does the narrator meet Felix and what does she think of him at first?

5. Why does the narrator search for Felix online even though she already has his contact information?

6. How does the narrator find out about Felix's posting conspiracy theories?

7. How does the narrator feel about her job writing for the website she works for?

8. How does the narrator change her morning routine after Felix comes back to New York City to live?

9. What does Felix's mother do after his death in regards to the narrator that the narrator thinks is strange?

10. Who does the narrator sometimes refer to, almost as a type of Greek Chorus, and what does this group's purpose seem to be?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the narrator really seem to feel about writing - particularly her own writing? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What do you think is Oyler's intended effect on the reader in her employment of the section headings she includes - Beginning, Backstory, Middle (Something Happens), Middle (Nothing Happens), Climax, and End? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Overall, what is the narrator's attitude towards sex, dating, and relationships, and how does Oyler clue the reader in about the narrator's feelings on these topics? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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