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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 does Felix tell Alice she looks like without her clothes on?

2. Where does Eileen go to a party in Chapter 19?

3. What does Felix's taxi driver tell him about going to Alice's house in Chapter 21?

4. What does Eileen tell Alice she has started reading again lately?

5. What does Alice tell Eileen is the problem with a lot of museums in Paris?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 25, what does Felix think of Eileen when he first meets her?

2. How does Alice react when Felix turns up at her house and falls asleep on the couch for two hours?

3. Why is Alice embarrassed to tell Eileen about sleeping with Felix?

4. What does Simon tell Alice when she asks about him and Eileen in Chapter 25?

5. What happens between Eileen and Simon on Lola's wedding day?

6. Why does Eileen tell Alice she stopped writing essays, even though she really liked doing it?

7. What does Alice tell Eileen about the after-effects of her last relationship?

8. In Chapter 21, what does Felix tell Alice about how he feels about their relationship?

9. In Chapter 20, what reference does Eileen make in her letter to Alice about the Soviet Union?

10. In Chapter 19, what does Lola tell Eileen she thinks of Simon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the origins and foundations of Eileen's and Alice's friendship? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How do the sections that are comprised of Alice's and Eileen's letters/emails affect the reader's understanding of each character? 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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