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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. At what hotel do Poppy and Alex stay after leaving the Desert Rose?

2. What ring of hell does Poppy describe the apartment at the Desert Rose?

3. What dating program does Alex note having?

4. What libation does Dani recommend?

5. How is the message Nikolai gives Alex and Poppy addressed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Poppy describe herself with Trey?

2. What factors does Poppy cite in wanting to get away from Linfield after dropping out of college?

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

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

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

6. What does Alex’s grandmother say to Poppy about Trey?

7. What does Poppy learn a “beginner” rafting trip entails?

8. How does Poppy address Alex’s back spasm?

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

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

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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