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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 friend who interprets the narrator's astrological birth chart tell her?

2. How does the narrator feel about astrology?

3. Where is Nell from?

4. What movie does the narrator's mother take her to when she is 7 years old?

5. Who does the narrator randomly meet while working in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one slim possibility the narrator thinks her dating experiment and assuming personas might result in?

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

3. Why does the narrator start to get annoyed as she goes on more and more first dates?

4. What job does the narrator get in Part IV?

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

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

7. Why did the narrator always say was one reason she did not want children?

8. How does the narrator describe time spent on Twitter?

9. How does the narrator approach the necessity of speaking German in Berlin?

10. How does the narrator find an apartment to rent in Berlin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does the narrator have any real friends? Why or why not? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

In what instance, if any, is the narrator genuinely honest with herself or others? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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