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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 advice does Daphne say her mother gave her?
2. What does Daphne say her yearly salary is, at the Al-Ihsan Foundation?
3. What is Cindy Cooper’s relation to Ed van Voorhees?
4. Who wrote the epigram for The Golden State, “Home is so sad” (1)?
5. What sound takes Daphne back to a trip to Greece with her mother?
Short Essay Questions
1. What unexpected connection does Daphne make at the café?
2. How does Daphne describe the rhythms of her sex life?
3. Why is Daphne so glad to see a message from her Uncle Rodney on her phone when she gets service again?
4. What is the crisis Honey’s injury creates in Daphne and how does she resolve it?
5. What the State of Jefferson?
6. How does Daphne characterize the conversation she has with Cindy Cooper and her boyfriend Ed van Voorhees?
7. How does Daphne describe her feelings about her separation from Engin?
8. What is Daphne’s relationship with her daughter Honey like?
9. How does Daphne put the discussion of Islam and ISIS to rest?
10. How does Daphne characterize her experience going to church with Honey?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does the title of this novel mean? How many different meanings does it have, in the context of Daphne’s escape from her life? What is golden about the state of mind Daphne is in?
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
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?
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