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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 college does Claire go to?
2. Who was Elizabeth's husband?
3. In the story Boys Go to Jupiter, what article of clothing gets Claire in trouble?
4. What is Claire's stepmother's real name?
5. What happens to both Claire's and Angela's mothers?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of relationship did Claire used to have with the Halls, her old neighbors?
2. Why is Claire mainly seeing her boyfriend Jackson?
3. Why does Lyssa dress and groom herself very carefully for the meeting with her mother's doctors?
4. What does Rena think about the dangers of her job as a photographer sometimes working in war zones?
5. How does Cecilia describe her own mother's childhood?
6. What does JT tell Rena when she sees him in the hotel corridor the night before his wedding?
7. What does Lyssa tell the director about herself that is a lie before they have sex?
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 is the general atmosphere like between Cecilia's mother and Nancy Morton during the Alcatraz tour?
10. Why does Cecilia's mother have some hope her efforts on behalf of her grandfather might come to fruition?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 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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