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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. When was Magda Szabo awarded one of Hungary's most prestigious literary awards and then the prize was rescinded?

2. In what country was Sasha when she was 23, was pregnant, and decided to go home?

3. When Elizabeth was 22, how many different drugs had she had prescribed for her and did not like any of them?

4. In Chapter 7, who does Sasha think Elizabeth's girls look like?

5. What time does Elizabeth have to pick up her four-year-old from school because she is sick in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Elizabeth talk to about the vague accusations her students have made about a professor?

2. What do Kayla and her brother look like when they come to Elizabeth's apartment for dinner?

3. What do Elizabeth and Sasha do after taking the girls to school?

4. Why did Elizabeth take the job at the charter school, and why does she think she is not what her students need?

5. How do Elizabeth and her husband avoid paying childcare?

6. After Elizabeth texts Sasha and asks what she can do, what does Elizabeth imagine Sasha will do?

7. What trip did Elizabeth and Sasha take after their jobs ended in Taipei, and why was the trip difficult for Sasha?

8. When does Elizabeth start meeting Kayla in Chapter 6, and what do they do?

9. What does Elizabeth do when she picks up the sickness that has hit her family?

10. What is the conversation at dinner when Sasha is there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 2

Elizabeth teaches at a high school. What does Elizabeth dislike about her job? Why does she find it unfulfilling?

Essay Topic 3

A character arc is the inner journey of a character in a book. How does the story show Elizabeth’s growth of character? Why is her transformation a character arc?

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