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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. Who is Poppy's roommate her second year at college?
2. The comment that Poppy’s father “is also, like all members of the Wright family, not amazing at modulating his voice” (61) is an example of what?
3. What is the name of one of Poppy’s brothers?
4. What Trader Joe’s offering does Poppy note enjoying?
5. What city does Garrett suggest profiling?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reasons does Poppy note for people subletting their apartments and renting their cars on an online travel group?
2. How does Poppy describe to herself the trip to Palm Springs she wants to take with Alex?
3. What reasons does Poppy give for being unaccustomed to silence when she rides with Alex back home after their first year of college?
4. What does the narrator note about Brazil while in a meeting with her boss?
5. How does Poppy describe the game Shark Jumping (46)?
6. How does Poppy describe “having the Linfields in common” when she meets Alex?
7. The narrator notes that “On vacation, your hair changes” (1). What reasons does she give for the changes?
8. What does Alex list as his three preferred vacation destinations for his first summer trip with Poppy?
9. What messages does Rachel send to Poppy during her flight from New York to Los Angeles?
10. How does Rachel describe Poppy’s style?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Early on, the narrator asserts that, on vacation, “You’re whoever you want to be. You can do whatever you want” (1). Does the novel bear out the assertion? How or how not?
Essay Topic 2
There is repeated attention to chain restaurants throughout People We Meet On Vacation. What assumptions might underlie that focus, and what in the text substantiates that idea?
Essay Topic 3
Relatively few characters in People We Meet On Vacation. are described as people of color. What effect might that have on a reader, and how might that effect be developed?
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