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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 is the name of the public transport in Berlin that the narrator usually takes?

2. Where is the large women's rights demonstration taking place?

3. What does the narrator's waiter bring her and her boyfriend as a result of his lie about her?

4. Why does the narrator keep looking at her phone even though she has no data plan in Berlin?

5. Why does the narrator eventually leave the women's march early?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the narrator planning to do when she got back from the Women's March?

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

3. What does the narrator have in common with her friend Jeremy?

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

5. What does the narrator do after learning about Felix's death?

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

7. Why does the narrator go to the Women's March?

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

9. How does the narrator react to finding out about Felix's conspiracy theory postings?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does the 2016 election of Donald Trump play in changing the course of the narrator's life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What do you think Oyler is trying to communicate throughout this novel about the effects of social media on our perceptions of truth and on one's sense of self and self-identity? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the narrator's complicated range of feelings about social media, and about her own use and dependence of/on it, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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