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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 T.V. series does Poppy note watching on Sanibel Island?
2. How does David refer to his brother?
3. Through which of the following does Poppy note having nursed Alex in college?
4. From whom is Poppy able to rent a car for her trip to Palm Springs?
5. What is the name of Poppy’s first-year roommate?
Short Essay Questions
1. What messages does Rachel send to Poppy during her flight from New York to Los Angeles?
2. How does Poppy describe “having the Linfields in common” when she meets Alex?
3. The narrator notes that her choice of a bar on her last night on Sanibel Island is unusual and prompted by strange circumstances. What are those circumstances?
4. What reason does Poppy note for her mother’s adoration of Alex?
5. How is Buck described when he is introduced?
6. What reasons does Poppy note for people subletting their apartments and renting their cars on an online travel group?
7. What reasons does Poppy give for being unaccustomed to silence when she rides with Alex back home after their first year of college?
8. What problems with their apartment do Poppy and Alex encounter on their arrival at the Desert Rose?
9. The narrator notes that “On vacation, your hair changes” (1). What reasons does she give for the changes?
10. What does the narrator note about Brazil while in a meeting with her boss?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Many novels begin with an epigraph, a short quotation that speaks to or sets the tone for the work that follows. People We Meet on Vacation notably lacks one. What purpose might the lack serve? How does the novel bear out that possible purpose?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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