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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Claire's best friend as a child?

2. What movie does Lyssa's mother take her to see when Lyssa is 7 in the story Happily Ever After?

3. What does Claire's stepmother tell her about what she thinks of Claire's swimsuit?

4. Why is Rena's sister in a rehab facility?

5. What does Rena tell the groom when she sees him in the hall in the early morning on the day of the wedding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cecilia's mother spend years trying to do for her own grandfather?

2. What does Puppy tell Claire the first time she sees her in the Confederate flag bikini?

3. Why does Travis not tell Lyssa about what happens to him at the pharmacy?

4. Why is Travis accosted at the pharmacy in the story Happily Ever After?

5. What does Lyssa tell the director about herself that is a lie before they have sex?

6. In the story Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain, what is part of Dori's wedding theme?

7. How do Rena and JT know each other in the story Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain?

8. How does Cecilia feel in general about her mother's crusade to clear her grandfather's name and collect compensation for his being wronged?

9. What does Rena think about the dangers of her job as a photographer sometimes working in war zones?

10. What startles Claire about Carmen's reaction to her social media post in the bikini?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Evans use fairy tales, myths, and legends throughout this collection as metaphors or symbols for some issues surrounding racism and racial strife and divisions? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Evans chooses to write the two stories in the collection, Alcatraz and The Office of Historical Corrections, from the first-person point of view, and how do you think this decision affects the reader's experience of these particular stories? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

In the story Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain, how does Evans treat the theme of danger, and the potential sources of danger in Rena's life? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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