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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 does Genevieve correct at the Kennedy Center?
2. Where was the Institute for Public History located?
3. Where is Cherry Mill?
4. Who does Vera find out is looking for William?
5. Who received two apologies from the artist?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which group was most persistent in its resistance to the work of the Institute for Public History?
2. What is Cassie's relationship with Daniel like?
3. In the story The Office of Historical Corrections, why does Cassie like brutalist architecture?
4. How does Vera first meet William in the story Anything Could Disappear?
5. What does Cassie do to try to avoid falling into routine in her new job at the Institute for Public History?
6. Why does Vera have the opportunity to start a real new life with William?
7. What is the problem Cassie is sent to address in Cherry Mills?
8. What does Vera ultimately decide to do with William?
9. What characterizes the famous artist's "apologies?"
10. What is one of the biggest differences between how Genevieve does her job and how Cassie does hers at the IPH?
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, the narrator of the novella The Office of Historical Corrections, has conflicted feelings about her job as a historian at the fictional Institute for Public History. Write an essay exploring the nature of Cassie's feelings about her unusual job.
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