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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. Where did Prieto go to college before he transferred when his father was in crisis?

2. Who is the FBI agent that Prieto asks about his mother and the box she sends him?

3. How long has Olga's family lived in Sunset Park?

4. Where is Olga's grandmother's house located?

5. What is Olga's favorite time of the year?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is summer Olga's favorite time of year?

2. Where did Prieto's father live when Prieto bailed him out of Rikers?

3. What is Olga's apartment like?

4. How does Olga meet Matteo, and what is he like?

5. What does Blanca write Olga about marriage in 2002?

6. How did Olga's grandmother buy her own house?

7. How did Olga solve the problem of late payments from her wedding clients?

8. Why did Prieto go to a college in New York?

9. How did Carol build her catering business?

10. Who is Olga's favorite floor captain from a catering company, and why can she not have him for the Henderson wedding?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Olga Dies Dreaming? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 2

A character arc is the inner journey of a character in a book. What is Olga’s character arc, and what situations influence her growth and transformation?

Essay Topic 3

Dick believes he is a very important man. Why does Dick believe that he is a very important man? How does his view of himself cause his breakup with Olga?

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