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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sarah say devastated her mother Nancy?
(a) The death of Nancy's mother.
(b) The death of Nancy's brother.
(c) The death of Nancy's son.
(d) The death of Nancy's dog.

2. What does Genevieve correct at the Kennedy Center?
(a) The descriptions of the paintings.
(b) The plaques on the wall.
(c) Hundreds of programs for a beloved historical musica.
(d) The writing in the concrete on the roof.

3. Who pushes the artist into the volcano?
(a) The Daughter.
(b) The Long-Suffering Ex-Wife.
(c) The Former Personal Assistant.
(d) The Girl Who Had Wondered All These Years What to Call It.

4. What had everyone heard about the genius artist in the story Why Won't Women Just Say What They Want?
(a) He had started a new company.
(b) He had gone to some deserted island.
(c) He had gotten married.
(d) He had been very ill.

5. What is the nickname of Cassie's childhood acquaintance who works for a time at the IPH?
(a) Ire.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Genie.
(d) Ellie.

6. How did the artist once cost the Former Personal Assistant a job?
(a) By calling her a crazy bitch off the record.
(b) By not calling the employer back when the employer asked for a reference.
(c) By telling the employer she was only motivated by money.
(d) By telling the employer she was a bad employee.

7. Where does the term The Office Of Historical Corrections first originate?
(a) From the IPH itself.
(b) On social media.
(c) In the scathing op-ed of a major newspaper.
(d) From a white supremacist group.

8. How does Vera know what William's name is?
(a) His father tells her.
(b) His mother tells her.
(c) It is on his school paperwork.
(d) It is written on a tag inside his shirt.

9. How does Cassie try to keep herself fresh for her work at the IPH?
(a) She does stringent self-assessments every two weeks.
(b) She deliberately works in different neighborhoods often.
(c) She constantly asks her supervisors for honest feedback.
(d) She reads up on the latest historical literature all the time.

10. What is the only think Genie drinks at her end of the year grad student party?
(a) Whisky.
(b) Rum and Cokes.
(c) The Great Man.
(d) Gin and tonics.

11. What is the best explanation Cassie offers for why she wanted to leave teaching for the IPH?
(a) She wanted to spend more time with her family.
(b) She needed the salary bump.
(c) She needed a change to stay fresh in her thinking.
(d) She loved her work and hated watching it disappear.

12. Who does Genie marry?
(a) William Wallington.
(b) Marshall Mellon.
(c) Harold Senor.
(d) James Harmon III.

13. Where does Vera find her first apartment in New York?
(a) Upper Manhattan.
(b) Red Hook.
(c) Queens.
(d) Lower Manhattan.

14. What had the artist failed to understand about the Model/Actress from when they had been together?
(a) How famous she would become.
(b) How good at business she was.
(c) How necessary her ruthlessness would be in her life.
(d) How forgiving she really was.

15. Who does Vera end up working for in New York City?
(a) Harry.
(b) Derek and Adam.
(c) Ben.
(d) Ranina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had Cassie done years of research on during her time as a professor?

2. Who dies doing a delivery for the company Adam and Derek run?

3. Who first thought the artist's apologies were perhaps part of the artist's latest project?

4. Whose apology from the artist was in the form of a short film?

5. Who yells at the artist as he stands on the volcano platform during his show?

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