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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 song does the narrator note is playing in the bar on Sanibel Island?
2. What is the favorite food of Poppy’s second-year roommate?
3. What Central American country does Poppy consider visiting for R&R?
4. What is the name of Poppy’s first-year roommate?
5. Which of the following words, when uttered by Rachel, serves as condemnation?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what reason does Poppy report she was assigned an unfortunate moniker in high school?
2. How does the narrator describe the course of her trip on Sanibel Island?
3. How does Poppy describe “having the Linfields in common” when she meets Alex?
4. What reasons are noted for Rachel washing her dishes in four-inch heels?
5. What does the narrator note about Brazil while in a meeting with her boss?
6. What reasons does Poppy give to Alex for not wanting him to assail her high school bullies?
7. What reasons does Poppy note for people subletting their apartments and renting their cars on an online travel group?
8. What reason does Poppy note for her mother’s adoration of Alex?
9. Why does Poppy note anticipating strain for Alex the first time he visits her parents’ house?
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
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?
Essay Topic 2
Explicate the symbolism of the protagonist’s love-interest’s name in People We Meet On Vacation.
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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