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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to visit Etables the day before Frances and Bobbi fly home?
(a) Valerie.
(b) Philip.
(c) Mariane.
(d) Frances's mother.

2. How does Nick reassure Frances about their relationship in Chapter 14?
(a) He tells her he is getting ready to leave Melissa.
(b) He tells her he will give her enough money to live on.
(c) He tells her he wants her very badly.
(d) He tells her he will marry her someday.

3. Who does Bobbi call for Frances in Chapter 22 when Frances gets so sick?
(a) Philip.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Nick.

4. What article of Nick's clothing is Frances especially taken with in Chapter 21?
(a) His blue silk button-down shirt.
(b) His grey cashmere coat.
(c) His golf jacket.
(d) His tartan trousers.

5. Who does Frances call, after she calls her father, when she is completely out of money in Chapter 23?
(a) Nick.
(b) Philip.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Bobbi.

6. What kind of dessert do Nick, Evelyn, and Frances buy in Chapter 16?
(a) Apple tart.
(b) A heavy cake with sweet icing.
(c) Something expensive with a lot of glazed strawberries.
(d) A fruit pudding with cream.

7. Where does Marianne, Frances's friend, return from in Chapter 20?
(a) Paris.
(b) Rome.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Brooklyn.

8. What does Frances do in Chapter 19 to try to make better sense of her past relationship with Bobbi?
(a) Looking through Bobbi's diary secretly.
(b) Reading some of Bobbi's writing.
(c) Talking to Bobbi's father about her problems.
(d) Going back over their written communications from months earlier.

9. What errand does Melissa send Nick, Frances and Bobbi on in Chapter 13?
(a) To get food for dinner.
(b) To get marijuana.
(c) To get deck chairs.
(d) To get more wine to replenish what they have drunk.

10. In Chapter 21, what does Frances tell Nick about that she was never able to tell Bobbi about?
(a) Her relationship with her mother.
(b) Her feelings about her own writing.
(c) Her feelings about sex.
(d) Her father's problems.

11. What does Bobbi do when she comes outside to calm Frances down in Chapter 17?
(a) Gives Frances a joint.
(b) Gives Frances her own ring to keep.
(c) Gives Frances a strong drink.
(d) Kisses Frances.

12. Why is everyone so stressed about the visitor coming the day before Frances and Bobbi leave Etables?
(a) The visitor always brings many rowdy friends with her.
(b) The visitor is extremely unsociable and awkward.
(c) The visitor is an alcoholic who always gets drunk and behaves terribly.
(d) There was a stressful incident with the same visitor the previous year.

13. How does Nick react when Frances calls him from the hospital?
(a) He is very concerned.
(b) He breaks up with her.
(c) He is sad she is in the hospital.
(d) He is very angry.

14. What does Melissa ask Frances in Chapter 17 that shocks and shames her?
(a) Whether she ever really loved Bobbi.
(b) Whether she is really who she says she is.
(c) Whether she is sleeping with Nick.
(d) Whether she is serious about poetry.

15. What does Frances's father call her to tell her in Chapter 21?
(a) That he can not pay her allowance anymore.
(b) That he wants to come to Dublin to drink and to see her.
(c) That he has just put money in her account.
(d) That he is moving to London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Frances and Nick fight about at the end of Chapter 15?

2. What author does Frances's Tinder date tell her he likes?

3. What does one of the doctors tell Frances could be the cause of her pain?

4. What does Melissa tell Frances about Nick in Chapter 15 that she struggles to understand the meaning of?

5. What does Frances ask Nick to do in Chapter 20 when he gets home from France?

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