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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 does Claire realize she sounds like when she calls the reporter from the student paper to tell him she is simply celebrating her heritage?
2. What is the name of the man Dori and Rena talk to during their breakfast?
3. What does Lyssa's doctor tells her that is difficult for her to hear?
4. What has Claire come to the town hall prepared for?
5. What does Claire's college advisor ask her to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Claire tell the panel of adults at her meeting at the college regarding her display of the Confederate flag?
2. What does Puppy tell Claire the first time she sees her in the Confederate flag bikini?
3. Why does Lyssa dress and groom herself very carefully for the meeting with her mother's doctors?
4. Why is Claire mainly seeing her boyfriend Jackson?
5. How does Claire's picture in the Confederate flag bikini start to go viral?
6. What is the history of Alcatraz for Cecilia's family?
7. How does Cecilia describe her own mother's childhood?
8. Why does Claire resent the Halls eventually?
9. How do Rena and JT know each other in the story Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain?
10. Why are Robert and Alan interested in Claire?
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
In the story Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain, why do you think Dori enlists Rena to help her find her missing fiance, JT, even though Rena feels that Dori views her as something of a threat to her impending marriage? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
In the story Happily Ever After, what are some specific examples of how Lyssa and her mother are both mistreated on the basis of their race? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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