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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. Where does Vera take William towards the end of the story on a bus together?
(a) California.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Florida.
(d) New Orleans.

2. What kind of cake does Cassie buy for her boyfriend?
(a) The Juneteenth Cake.
(b) The Strident Cake.
(c) The Emancipation Cake.
(d) The Blackout Cake.

3. Who is the Morton daughter who seems clueless and insensitive?
(a) Harper.
(b) Kelli.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Reni.

4. What did the Model/Actress understand about the volcano?
(a) The artist was sure someone would push him in.
(b) The artist did not know what it really was.
(c) It was dangerous to the artist because he never expected to actually be in it.
(d) The artist had thought the liquid in the volcano would be cool, not hot.

5. Who received two apologies from the artist?
(a) The Ex-girlfriend.
(b) The Daughter.
(c) The Second Ex-Wife.
(d) The Former Personal Assistant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Cassie's boyfriend that she buys the cake for?

2. Whose arm did the artist once leave a bruise on?

3. What is the name of the artist's show?

4. Who does Vera end up working for in New York City?

5. How many corrections does Cassie make after her stop at the bakery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vera ultimately decide to do with William?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Vera first meet William in the story Anything Could Disappear?

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

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