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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. How does the narrator spend her first weeks in Berlin?

2. What do even altruistic acts contain, according to the first person the narrator meets through the dating website?

3. What does the narrator tell her prospective employer she used to work at in her interview?

4. What does Frieda tell the narrator when she says she thinks she should probably take a German class?

5. Who is the narrator's roommate in Berlin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problem does the narrator have navigating getting health insurance in Germany?

2. Where does the narrator initially turn for advice on how to get a visa in Germany?

3. What does the narrator eventually decide to base the personalities of her characters for her dates on?

4. What do the ex-boyfriends tell the narrator about Twitter?

5. How does the narrator eventually decide to approach all her dates?

6. At the end of Part IV, what makes the narrator almost cry?

7. What prompts the narrator to start a profile on dating websites?

8. What does the narrator do to her friend Kayla in middle school that is terrible?

9. What does the narrator seem to grudgingly admire about Nell?

10. How does the narrator spend much of her first several weeks in Berlin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens when the narrator, seeking companionship and maybe even friendship, goes to the bookshop in Berlin for the meeting of foreigners there? Why do you think the event is such a disaster for the narrator? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

The narrator's feelings about the Women's March early in 2017 are nuanced and complex. Write an essay exploring the narrator's range of opinions and feelings about the Women's March, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the narrator's reasons for compulsively lying, especially on her series of dates in Berlin? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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