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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 Poppy doing when she injures herself in Vail?

2. What does Trey shorten Poppy’s name to while in Linfield?

3. What type of soup does Alex prepare for Poppy when she is ill and cannot go on a Nordic trip?

4. Where did Poppy once tend bar?

5. What Pacific island does Poppy note R+R sent her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alex note wanting from life?

2. How does Poppy describe the story of Alex’s she reads in New Orleans?

3. How does Poppy describe herself with Trey?

4. Poppy notes wishing to be in Linfield whenever she is sick; why does she note as much?

5. What challenges does Poppy note Alex finds to assignations in the shower?

6. What criteria does Poppy note Dani uses to rate fjords?

7. How does Alex note usually addressing his back spasms?

8. What perks of working for R+R does Poppy note accompany travel?

9. What complaint does Poppy voice about Alex’s selections on his dating profile?

10. What reason does Alex give for suggesting Poppy not wash her hair when she is ill?

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

Much of People We Meet On Vacation concerns itself with the contrast between “normal” and what the characters want for themselves. What does the novel seem to suggest “normal” is, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the symbolism of the protagonist’s name in People We Meet On Vacation.

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