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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long have Tammy and Keanu been dating at the end of "The Barbershop"?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 9 months.
(c) 10 months.
(d) 1 year.

2. Where does the narrator of "The Diary" spend her Thanksgiving?
(a) Her aunt's.
(b) Her mom's.
(c) Her grandparents.
(d) Her dad's.

3. Where does the couple stay in "First Night"?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A camp ground.
(c) His house.
(d) A Bed and Breakfast.

4. What does the narrator find upon exploring her grandmother's attic when she couldn't sleep?
(a) A picture.
(b) A sexual drawing.
(c) A journal.
(d) A diary.

5. At the end of "The Airport", as the narrator and her boyfriend drive home, where do they pull over?
(a) A rest area.
(b) A fast food restaurant.
(c) The side of the road.
(d) A gas station.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the first section of the book?

2. What does the narrator explore after she cannot go to sleep in "The Diary"?

3. In "The Godfather" how do Norman and the narrator feel after being intimate?

4. What changes for the narrator in "Harlem Blues" as she watches her friend, the piano player?

5. What does the girlfriend of "First Night" hope as the sun rises?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in "The Barbershop"?

2. In "A Time For Change" what is Bridget upset with her husband Drake about?

3. Describe how Yardley and Clarence meet in "Be My Valentine".

4. In "The Seduction" where does the narrator seduce her boyfriend into going and how?

5. What is the result of the narrator's night alone with Geren in "Sock It To Me"?

6. Why does SHE leave the boy in the library in "Nervous"?

7. Why is it so easy for the narrator of "Harlem Blues" to sing the blues?

8. How do Bridget and Drake solve their problems in "A Time For Change"?

9. Describe the narrator in "Lust in a Bust Depot".

10. What does the author of "If You Were Here Right Now" tell her addressee?

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