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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the friend who insisted that Tolentino had to play a particular color of Power Ranger?
(a) Maddie.
(b) Allison.
(c) Megan.
(d) Sarah.

2. How many people did Tolentino's church seat, according to her account?
(a) 800.
(b) 600.
(c) 400.
(d) 1,300.

3. What is the first of the several major events discussed within the essay "The Story of a Generation of Seven Scams"?
(a) The Spanish flu pandemic.
(b) The Fyre Festival.
(c) The 2016 US election.
(d) Y2K.

4. Which action taken by a particular hero is considered evidence by Tolentino that he has come to certain realizations?
(a) Crying.
(b) Singing.
(c) Screaming.
(d) Collapsing.

5. Which emotion did Tolentino feel most strongly during the interaction about the Power Rangers?
(a) Shame.
(b) Anger.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Sadness.

6. Videos of what sorry excuse for food went viral in connection with the Fyre Festival?
(a) Sandwiches.
(b) Carrot-raisin salad.
(c) Ramen.
(d) Broccoli.

7. The building featured in The Bell Jar was patterned after which real building?
(a) The Ritz.
(b) The Barbizon.
(c) The Duchess.
(d) The Bramford.

8. In what month of the year was the disastrous Fyre Festival held?
(a) August.
(b) September.
(c) April.
(d) May.

9. On which generation does the essay "The Story of a Generation of Seven Scams" focus?
(a) Baby Boomers.
(b) Generation Y.
(c) Millennials.
(d) Generation X.

10. What term does Tolentino use to describe the size of the congregation at her childhood church?
(a) Enormous.
(b) Moderate.
(c) Sizable.
(d) Big.

11. How does Tolentino define her cultural identity?
(a) Chinese-American.
(b) Filipino-American.
(c) African-American.
(d) Indian.

12. What kind of debt does Tolentino characterize as a "generation-defining scam" (188)?
(a) Student.
(b) Homeowner.
(c) Credit card.
(d) Timeshare.

13. In which American city did Tolentino grow up?
(a) Houston.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) Santa Fe.
(d) San Antonio.

14. Tolentino states that if one were to view womanhood entirely through the lens of literature, adulthood would look like what?
(a) Bitterness.
(b) Depression.
(c) Anger.
(d) Resignation.

15. Who wrote the novel that features a protagonist named Esther Greenwood?
(a) Jane Austen.
(b) Sylvia Plath.
(c) Virginia Woolf.
(d) J.D. Salinger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tolentino states in the essay "Ectasy" that she has spent how many years trying to undo her first 15 years of religious training?

2. Tolentino worries that Zuckerberg has the power to take what action in relation to elections?

3. What was the first name of the woman who accused members of the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi of rape?

4. In what level of school was Tolentino when her friend insisted that she had to be a certain color of Power Ranger?

5. Tolentino's friend had insisted that Tolentino could never play which color of Power Ranger in their game?

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