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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. Which photographer is scheduled to accompany Poppy on her Nordic trip?

2. About which artist does Poppy boast to Rachel?

3. At what school does Alex study?

4. Where did Poppy once tend bar?

5. How old is Poppy when she falls ill and cannot go on a Nordic trip?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do Poppy and Alex do on their trip to Vail, Colorado?

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

5. How does Alex respond to Poppy’s complaint about his selections on his dating profile?

6. To what kind of galleries would Julian take Poppy?

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

8. What reason does Poppy give for having not made much of R+R when planning her Nordic trip with Alex?

9. Under what circumstances does Poppy report meeting Guillermo?

10. How is the hotel in which Poppy and Alex stay after leaving the Desert Rose described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What attitude does People We Meet On Vacation display towards parent / child 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

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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