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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 is the name of Poppy’s first-year roommate?

2. Who do Poppy and Alex first meet at Buck’s house?

3. Alex notes being compared to whom by his students?

4. Which of the following models of Ford is Poppy able to rent for her trip to Palm Springs?

5. What school subject does Delallo teach?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Alex describe his approach to themed parties?

2. What affirmations does Poppy note her mother left on her bathroom mirror?

3. What reasons does Poppy note for people subletting their apartments and renting their cars on an online travel group?

4. How does Poppy describe to herself the trip to Palm Springs she wants to take with Alex?

5. 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?

6. What does Poppy list as her three preferred vacation destinations for her first summer trip with Alex?

7. How does Alex note having uncovered Poppy’s senior picture?

8. Why does Poppy note anticipating strain for Alex the first time he visits her parents’ house?

9. The narrator notes that “On vacation, your hair changes” (1). What reasons does she give for the changes?

10. What does Alex list as his three preferred vacation destinations for his first summer trip with Poppy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What attitude does People We Meet On Vacation display towards sibling relationships? What in the novel demonstrates that attitude? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

What attitude does People We Meet On Vacation. display towards alcohol and other intoxicants? What in the novel demonstrates that attitude? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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