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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 area in Manhattan does Jesse say has the best restaurant?

2. Which food lesson does the story open with?

3. What does Tess realize is changing about her body in Summer?

4. What does Tess compare the table grapes to in Autumn?

5. What is the reason Tess gives for why the girl Howard interviews in Autumn will not be hired?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Tess turned away when she tries to enter New York?

2. Why does Tess refer to Jake as Sweaty-Boy?

3. What breakthrough about life does Tess have out of life in Autumn?

4. What does Tess find out about Simone and Jake's history in Autumn?

5. How does Tess classify herself compared to her old classmate?

6. How is the food lesson on taste described?

7. Why does Tess lie to her old classmate when she sees him at the restaurant in Autumn?

8. What group of people are loyal customers to the restaurant since the beginning?

9. Quotations from which two writer's are in the epigraph?

10. What does Sasha mean when he says Tess is now in the marge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe what it means to be a 49 percenter. Cite descriptions Tess gives of her job duties that fall into that category. Explain why there are more 49 percenters in society as well as the implications of that theory.

Essay Topic 2

Tess feels that she begins to level out at the end of Autumn. What made her so overwhelmed previously and how did that affect all aspects of her life in New York?

Essay Topic 3

Describe what it means to be a 51 percenter and why Tess is hired. Include examples Tess shares during her interview that make Howard decide Tess is qualified for the title.

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