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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 magazine does Patrice Arnofsky write for?

2. What is the name of Viveca's wedding dress?

3. Where is Rufus's wife's nationality?

4. What is Annie's mother, Sunny's, real name?

5. How old is Agnello when he comes to America?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Annie describe her first apartment in Section 1?

2. What did Annie dream a few nights after meeting Orion's mom, in Section 1?

3. How does Annie's career progress, as she tells it in Section 1?

4. How does Annie describe, in Section 1, the first time she mets Orion's mother?

5. How does Annie describe Vivica's wedding dress in Section 1?

6. What is a secret quality that Minnie and Annie have in common as revealed in Section 1?

7. Why does Orion get "fired" in Section 1?

8. What does Annie learn about Minnie, her housekeeper, in Section 1?

9. According in Orion in Section 1, how did the marriage disolve between himself and Annie?

10. How did Orion and Annie meet in Section 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the titles of the five separate parts of the novel. What do their titles signify and symbolize in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Are the members of the Oh family is a better or worse place by the end of the novel? Explain your reasoning using evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

How does them theme of 'Secrets' impact the novel? Which secrets hold the most weight throughout the novel?

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