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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. Where are Beth and Robert at the beginning of this section?

2. Beth wonders about what as she settles into her new life?

3. How does Beth feel when she is with Mike?

4. What has Cindy invited Robert to do?

5. What is Beth's overriding fear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What details does Beth have to drill into Robert prior to his going to school?

2. Who is Patty Bancroft and why does she do the work she does?

3. Where is Beth and Robert's new home located and of what does it remind Beth?

4. What is the reason that Frannie has finally decided to leave her abusive husband?

5. What does Beth do to make the duplex a little more homey?

6. What does Frannie recall about the first time Bobby hit her?

7. How does Beth begin to feel about Mike as their friendship deepens?

8. What is Frannie's new identity?

9. What preparations are made for Robert to go to his new school?

10. What is Beth's new job and why is she relieved to have it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the role of women in America in the 1990s when the women in the novel are living their lives. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do they have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century women do not?

Essay Topic 2

Create a character study of Mike. What are his physical characteristics? What are his motivations? What are his fears? What are his dreams? What else can you say about Mike?

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one instance of irony in the book. Cite at least two other examples you can identify in the novel and note why they are examples of irony.

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