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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. What month does Claire's mother die in?

2. What college does Claire go to?

3. What happens to both Claire's and Angela's mothers?

4. Where does Lyssa work?

5. Who intervenes to help Lyssa's boyfriend at the pharmacy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of relationship did Claire used to have with the Halls, her old neighbors?

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

4. What is the history of Alcatraz for Cecilia's family?

5. What is the general atmosphere like between Cecilia's mother and Nancy Morton during the Alcatraz tour?

6. How does Rena think Dori views her?

7. Why does Claire resent the Halls eventually?

8. Why does Cecilia's mother have some hope her efforts on behalf of her grandfather might come to fruition?

9. Why is Claire mainly seeing her boyfriend Jackson?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the themes, central ideas, and questions Evans lays out in the stories leading up to the novella titled The Office of Historical Corrections in this collection that she explores more deeply and in different ways in the novella? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Evans treat the topic of parental responsibility and love in the story Anything Could Disappear? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text.

Essay Topic 3

Cassie and Genevieve have a long, complicated relationship history in the story The Office of Historical Corrections. Why do you think Cassie becomes increasingly concerned about Genevieve's safety and well-being as the story unfolds, and how does Cassie try to protect Genevieve from what Cassie sees as potential danger? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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