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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 Daphne say experts say is the worst thing you can do in front of your child?
2. What does Honey cut her finger on at The Golden Spike?
3. What Daphne describe as giving her the greatest sense of well-being available?
4. What common ground did Daphne find with Engin when she took him to Altavista?
5. On day three, what does Engin’s mother tell Daphne to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Daphne characterize her relationship with cigarettes?
2. How does Daphne characterize the conversation she has with Cindy Cooper and her boyfriend Ed van Voorhees?
3. What does the goat bell in Daphne’s house remind her?
4. How does Daphne say she feels about her job?
5. How does Daphne characterize the circle of her conversation with Engin?
6. How does Daphne describe the rhythms of her sex life?
7. Where is Daphne when The Golden State starts, and what is her role there?
8. What does Daphne do when her thoughts turn to death?
9. What the State of Jefferson?
10. Where are Daphne’s thoughts taking her at the beginning of the novel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Write an evaluative review of The Golden State. What is this book’s place in our culture? Who will find this book most useful? What are its uses? What are its limitations?
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