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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 does Quinn, Frankie's boyfriend after Gil, see that is unique about Frankie's job as a doctor's office receptionist?

2. After Rachel tells her brother to consider smoking weed, what is his answer?

3. What is the first documentary Tara makes about?

4. When Nadia was younger, what did she used to do to Rachel?

5. What is Rachel's brother sick with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tara describe her parents' relationship with money?

2. When Frankie first meets Matthew, what does he tell her he wants to do?

3. What does Saul tell Rachel is one reason why Kirk wants them to break up after Saul is diagnosed with cancer?

4. When Frankie quits her job at the doctor's office, how does her then boyfriend, Quinn, react?

5. Rachel describes her brother as "a total pill." How does Saul's illness affect his character?

6. By the end of Chapter 4, how does Rachel feel about her brother moving back in with Kirk and now Ethan?

7. After his medical treatments, what does Saul do when he arrives back home?

8. After Matthew gets his job at Devils Postpile National Monument, what do he and Frankie argue about?

9. What things during dinner with his father does Bud learn about the world?

10. When Saul expresses that he feels hopeless and there is nothing that he wants anymore, how does Rachel counter this point?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing Nok's relationship with money in the novel. Why does she tell her sons that they are lucky? How and why does money equate to luck?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 3, Maribel became increasingly resentful of Schuyler's disregard for the consequences of his actions. He has another life back in New York, which Maribel knows she will never be a part of. In what ways was Maribel's situation similar and dissimilar from Nok's? How did wealth harm Nok and Maribel through each of their lover's actions?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing Joe's relationship with Veronica. How would you describe how they feel towards each other after Veronica's husband died? What is the significance of their relationship? How does it evolve and change?

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