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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Natasha tells Daniel on the way to her appointment that she secretly believes she will die how?
(a) From murder.
(b) From drowning.
(c) From a car accident.
(d) From cancer.

2. What is described in “Love: A Chemical History” as the pleasure hormone?
(a) Opioid.
(b) Estrogen.
(c) Testosterone.
(d) Dopamine.

3. Where is Natasha's best friend touring colleges when Natasha's family is being deported?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) California.
(c) New York.
(d) Nevada.

4. What are names compared to in “Family: A History of Naming”?
(a) A statue.
(b) A garden.
(c) A compass.
(d) A temple.

5. What does Natasha define romantic love as being in the novel?
(a) Temporary and nonprovable.
(b) A basic known fact.
(c) Dependent upon Fate.
(d) Everlasting and true.

6. How old was Natasha when her family came to the United States?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

7. What adjective best describes the character of Irene in “Irene: A History"?
(a) Exuberant.
(b) Veangeful.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Outgoing.

8. What is the first question from Category #2 (medium intimacy) that Daniel and Natasha choose to ask one another?
(a) What is your most treasured memory?
(b) How do you feel about your relationship with your mother?
(c) Would you like to be famous?
(d) Do you have a secret hunch about how you will die?

9. What is the name of Daniel's father?
(a) Dae Hyun.
(b) Chul Hyun.
(c) Dae-Suk Hyun.
(d) Chong-Hoon Hyun.

10. From what condition does Natasha say Asian American men are most likely to die from?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) Kidney disease.

11. What aspect of Natasha's appearance does Daniel find himself staring at as they leave the coffee shop before her appointment?
(a) Her shoulders.
(b) Her neck.
(c) Her legs.
(d) Her waist.

12. The narrator indicates in “Irie: An Etymological History" that to be irie is bo be what?
(a) Between heaven and hell.
(b) Between God and the world.
(c) Solitary.
(d) Exuberant.

13. With whom is Hannah Winter having an affair?
(a) Michael Evermore.
(b) Jeremy Fitzgerald.
(c) Andrew Scott.
(d) Samuel Kingsley.

14. What does Natasha say she would achieve fame for when answering Daniel's question before her appointment?
(a) She would be a successful teacher.
(b) She would be a benevolent dictator.
(c) She would be a rich banker.
(d) She would be a prolific author.

15. Polaris is not the brightest start in the sky, according to Natasha. Where does it fall in the list of brightest stars?
(a) 20th.
(b) 50th.
(c) 15th.
(d) 30th.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Daniel describe the article about the researcher who put two people in a lab and had them ask one another intimate questions?

2. How many intimate questions comprise the study about love that Daniel describes in the narrative?

3. What chemicals in the brain orchestrate the stages of love, according to the narrator in “Love: A Chemical History”?

4. What career does Charlie go into, according to the narrative in “Charles Jae Won Bae: A Future History"?

5. When she is asked about how she surmises she will die, Natasha tells Daniel that as a black woman living in the United States, she is most likely to die from what condition?

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