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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 is the name of the company Vera works for?
(a) Delivery Room.
(b) Harlem Speedy.
(c) Speedy Deliveries.
(d) Brooklyn Delivers.

2. Who does Vera pretend to be when she calls William's father?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A reporter.
(c) A doctor.
(d) William's mother.

3. What kind of bakery does Cassie tell her boyfriend she got his cake from?
(a) An expensive bakery.
(b) A mom and pop bakery.
(c) A very old bakery.
(d) A gentrification bakery.

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

5. How does Cassie think Genie felt about her when they were both children?
(a) She thinks Genie loved her.
(b) She thinks Genie disdained her.
(c) She thinks Genie was indifferent to her.
(d) She thinks Genie liked her sometimes and did not like her at other times.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose grandfather was involved in the killing of Josiah Wynslow?

2. What was the original vision for the creation of the IPH?

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

4. Where had Cassie previously worked as a professor before joining the IPH?

5. About how many people work at the IPH?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the problem Cassie is sent to address in Cherry Mills?

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

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

4. How does Daniel react when Cassie tells him she is about to travel to do a clarification on one of Genevieve's corrections?

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. What is Cassie's and Genevieve's "friendship" like?

8. What is Cassie's relationship with Daniel like?

9. 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?

10. Which group was most persistent in its resistance to the work of the Institute for Public History?

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