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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. To what drug is the wife of the letter-writer of “Transcend” addicted?
(a) Meth.
(b) LSD.
(c) PCP.
(d) Heroin.

2. What kind of stone does Sugar identify among her children’s possessions?
(a) Flints.
(b) Beryls.
(c) Agates.
(d) Opals.

3. What was Cary Grant’s birth name?
(a) Clarence Benedict.
(b) Dominic Plantagenet.
(c) Bartholomew Applecot.
(d) Archibald Leach.

4. What social media does Sugar describe as among “heartbreak torture machines” (253)?
(a) LinkedIn.
(b) Instagram.
(c) Snapchat.
(d) Twitter.

5. For what word does Sugar provide an etymology?
(a) Obtenebrate.
(b) Obstinate.
(c) Obligate.
(d) Obliterate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sugar cite as the primary concern in the letters from Working for Two and Responsible One?

2. What drug does Sugar recommend against taking?

3. What is the name of Sugar’s sister?

4. What does Sugar describe Happily Ever After as?

5. Which country does Sugar note having wanted to bicycle across?

Short Essay Questions

1. What stressors does Spent report in her letter to Sugar?

2. How does Sugar report trying to quell the nagging voice inside her head?

3. What general advice for what NOT to do does Sugar give?

4. Why does Sugar refer to the couches she and her husband had early in their marriage as dueling couches?

5. What does Drinker note as his drinking pattern?

6. How does Triangled hear about Friend or Foe’s assignation?

7. How does Sugar note a person can find forgiveness?

8. To what does the letter-writer in “Bend” ascribe her emotional affair?

9. Why does Sugar assert that cell phones counter the benefits of the wilderness?

10. What is the worst *mental* abuse C reports her brother perpetrating on her?

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