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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 white supremacist group that often criticizes the IPH?
(a) Free Americans.
(b) The Secret Keepers.
(c) The Prides.
(d) Big Boys.

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

3. What was the original vision for the creation of the IPH?
(a) An antidote to decades of bad information and bad-faith use of it.
(b) A means to pave the way for reparations for slavery.
(c) A way to get a liberal agenda passed in the U.S.
(d) A way for right-wing conservatives to cement power.

4. Who is Cassie's last serious ex-boyfriend?
(a) Ahmad.
(b) Jack.
(c) Henry.
(d) Nick.

5. How did Josiah reportedly die?
(a) He died of cancer.
(b) He died by gunshot wound.
(c) He died in a fire Cherry Mills whites set at the building he had just bought.
(d) He died in a car accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the artist once cost the Former Personal Assistant a job?

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

3. Who is the Morton daughter who seems clueless and insensitive?

4. Who does Vera end up in a romantic relationship with?

5. Who was the only person Cecilia showed what she stole from Alcatraz?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does the artist title his show after his disappearance, and why does this title seem ironic?

3. What characterizes the famous artist's "apologies?"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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