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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. Whose arm did the artist once leave a bruise on?
(a) The Daughter.
(b) The On-Again Off-Again Ex of his Wayward Youth.
(c) The Ex-Wife.
(d) The Former Personal Assistant.

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

3. Where is Cherry Mill?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Wisconsin.

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

5. What does Sarah later mistake from social media about Cecilia?
(a) Sarah thinks Cecilia has gotten a big new job, when she has not.
(b) Sarah thinks Cecilia has gotten married, when she has not.
(c) Sarah thinks Cecilia's mother has died, but she has not.
(d) Sarah thinks Cecilia has had children, when she has not.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Vera know what William's name is?

2. Why is the nature of Josiah Wynslow's death in doubt?

3. What were the artist's apologies like when they began?

4. How had Cassie's parents liked to introduce her when she grew to adulthood?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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. What is one of the biggest differences between how Genevieve does her job and how Cassie does hers at the IPH?

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

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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