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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 dies doing a delivery for the company Adam and Derek run?

2. Whose arm did the artist once leave a bruise on?

3. Who is Cassie's last serious ex-boyfriend?

4. What did Cecilia steal from Alcatraz?

5. Who is Nancy Morton's husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of the biggest differences between how Genevieve does her job and how Cassie does hers at the IPH?

2. How would you describe the effect of the artist's misdeeds on the various women in the story Why Won't Women Just Say What They Want?

3. What is Cassie's relationship with Daniel like?

4. What characterizes the famous artist's "apologies?"

5. How has Genevieve's formerly perfect-seeming life changed?

6. What does the artist title his show after his disappearance, and why does this title seem ironic?

7. Why does Vera have the opportunity to start a real new life with William?

8. In the story Why Won't Women Just Say What They Want, what had everyone heard about the genius artist in recent years?

9. How does Vera first meet William in the story Anything Could Disappear?

10. What was the core of the idea behind the creation of the Institute for Public History?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Evans use the pacing of the plot in her story Boys Go to Jupiter to sustain the reader's interest and create a sense of suspense? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of the bronze key Cecilia steals from Alcatraz, keeping in mind the significance of the jail to her family history? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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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