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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 was the main benefit for Frannie of being married to Bobby?

2. What school project of Robert's upsets Beth?

3. What does Beth note about the relationship between Cindy and her mother?

4. Why had Bobby always been able to find Frannie?

5. What recent medical problem has afflicted Mrs. Levitt?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Beth inadvertently end up on TV news and how does she feel about it?

2. When does Frannie realize that she needs to enlist Patty Bancroft's help to escape from Bobby?

3. What does Beth do on Christmas night instead of calling Grace like she wants to do?

4. Why does Beth not panic when she learns that Robert has called his father after the bullying incident?

5. What does Beth do as she begins to relax and feel less panicked in her new life?

6. How does a bullying episode at school make Robert think about his father?

7. What does Beth learn from Grace when she calls her on Thanksgiving night?

8. What is the story of how Mr. and Mrs. Levitt met?

9. How does Beth respond when Patty Bancroft insists that Beth and Robert move after the television news broadcast?

10. Why do Beth and Robert end up having Thanksgiving dinner by themselves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of the book's title? What are some other possible titles for the book. List at least five and cite your reasons for each.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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