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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. Which of the following does Alice do in Rome?

2. Where does Felix's teenage girlfriend live now, as he tells Alice?

3. Whose social media account does Eileen become interested in in relation to her ex-boyfriend?

4. What does Alice dislike about her success as a writer?

5. Who did Felix lose in the previous year?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Alice tell Felix she has come to his hometown?

2. In Chapter 12, what does Eileen end up thinking about Simon's faith and church attendance?

3. What does Eileen think Alice is doing in her communications with her about Felix?

4. In Chapter 10, why does Alice tell Eileen she does not really read contemporary novels anymore?

5. What do Eileen and Simon do in Chapter 7 that gets both of them excited?

6. In Chapter 13, what does Alice discover about Felix that upsets her at first?

7. What does Felix tell Alice is the worst thing he ever did?

8. How does Eileen describe her job to herself?

9. Who does Eileen obsessively look up on social media, and why?

10. What big event is happening in Eileen's family, and how does she feel about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Rooney establish and maintain suspense throughout this largely character-driven novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What tensions arise when Eileen and Simon come to visit Alice for the first time? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What do you think it means that Eileen begins writing again professionally in the very end of the novel, and that she asks Alice for feedback on her work? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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