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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. What cheering thought did Wiener have about the younger women at the women in computing conference?

2. What did Wiener realize her coworkers at the open-source startup treated the HQ like?

3. What question did the analytics CEO ask Wiener on the occasion of her one-year anniversary with the company?

4. What did Wiener say being the only woman on the nontechnical team and providing customer support to developers was like?

5. What did Noah ask Wiener to proofread for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one thing that attracts Wiener to the open-source startup?

2. What does one male co-worker at the analytics startup say to Wiener about the first female engineer the company hires?

3. What happens to the analytics startup as it grows and hires more people?

4. What does Wiener think when she sees a homeless person wearing one of the open-source startup's branded hoodies?

5. Why does Noah get fired?

6. What is the "pipeline" argument some use to explain the lack of diversity in the tech industry?

7. What is the environment like at the open-source HQ?

8. What kind of court case did the open-source startup become involved in shortly before Wiener joined it?

9. What makes Wiener uncomfortable about the CEO's handling of Noah's firing?

10. Why does Wiener feel frustrated leaving the theater with her friend in New York in Part IV?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the main reasons Wiener leaves the data-analytics startup, and how does she feel about the company in hindsight after she is no longer employed there? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Wiener describes herself as a "pleaser," and how does this classification affect her work in the early days of her experiences at various tech startups? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

When, and why, does Wiener become increasingly alarmed to view the escalation in messages that are meant to troll/harass that she is assigned to moderate at the open-source startup? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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