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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 the countryside Daphne is remembering as the novel opens?

2. What does “merhaba” mean in Turkish?

3. What is the highest degree Daphne has achieved?

4. Where has Engin just gotten home from, when Daphne talks to him on day three?

5. What happened five months ago?

Short Essay Questions

1. What the State of Jefferson?

2. How does Daphne characterize her relationship with cigarettes?

3. How does Daphne say she feels about her job?

4. How does Daphne describe Engin’s cultural role in Turkey?

5. What does Daphne do when her thoughts turn to death?

6. What is the status of Daphne’s husband’s immigration situation?

7. How does Daphne describe the rhythms of her sex life?

8. What common ground does Daphne discover she and the crone share?

9. What is the state of Daphne’s finances?

10. What is Honey’s real name, and why does Daphne call her Honey?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate your own reading of The Golden State—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 2

Who is the audience for The Golden State? What is the ideal reader for The Golden State likely to think about the book’s main topics? How does this book try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?

Essay Topic 3

Would you recommend The Golden State? For what purposes would you recommend The Golden State, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

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