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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 many screaming babies does Poppy notes on her flight from New York to Los Angeles?
2. What song does Poppy start to play as she rides home with Alex after their first year of college?
3. How does David refer to his brother?
4. What song does the narrator note is playing in the bar on Sanibel Island?
5. From whom is Poppy able to rent a car for her trip to Palm Springs?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Poppy list as her three preferred vacation destinations for her first summer trip with Alex?
2. What reason is given for Poppy and Alex not taking a big trip after their third year of college?
3. How does Poppy describe the game Shark Jumping (46)?
4. What artists do Poppy and Alex listen to as they drive to Nashville together?
5. What affirmations does Poppy note her mother left on her bathroom mirror?
6. What does the narrator note about Brazil while in a meeting with her boss?
7. How does Poppy describe “having the Linfields in common” when she meets Alex?
8. How does the narrator describe the course of her trip on Sanibel Island?
9. What reasons does Poppy note for people subletting their apartments and renting their cars on an online travel group?
10. What problems with their apartment do Poppy and Alex encounter on their arrival at the Desert Rose?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Given her admissions of lying and theft, how reliable a narrator is Poppy? What in People We Meet On Vacation. demonstrates that reliability, and how does it do so?
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
Henry comments that “This is, ultimately, a book about home” (368). To what extent is her comment correct, based on the text of the book, itself? How does that correctness or lack thereof manifest in the text?
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