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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Vera end up doing for work in New York City?
(a) She is a dental assistant.
(b) She is a babysitter.
(c) She is a writer.
(d) She is a receptionist and she keeps records.

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

4. Why does Cassie's boss send her to Cherry Mills?
(a) She has good sense and is not looking for attention.
(b) She has a special area of expertise in deaths by fire.
(c) She knows how to handle Californians.
(d) She is the most accurate historian on the team.

5. Where does Vera run into Derek again after their first meeting?
(a) Near Times Square.
(b) Near Prospect Park.
(c) Near Central Park.
(d) Near Hell's Kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was a famous inmate at Alcatraz?

2. What does Cecilia's mother tell Nancy is all she has left in her life?

3. How does Vera first meet William?

4. What kind of cake does Cassie buy for her boyfriend?

5. What bar in D.C. had a weekly hip-hop and classic rock dance party?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the story Alcatraz, when does Cecilia's mother cry for the first time?

2. What does Cassie do to try to avoid falling into routine in her new job at the Institute for Public History?

3. How has Genevieve's formerly perfect-seeming life changed?

4. How would you describe the effect of the artist's misdeeds on the various women in the story Why Won't Women Just Say What They Want?

5. What does the model/actress find some freedom in with the artist?

6. In the story The Office of Historical Corrections, why does Cassie like brutalist architecture?

7. How does Vera at first try to figure out if anyone is looking for William?

8. In the story Why Won't Women Just Say What They Want, what had everyone heard about the genius artist in recent years?

9. Why does Vera have the opportunity to start a real new life with William?

10. What was the core of the idea behind the creation of the Institute for Public History?

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