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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is wrong with Nick after Bobbi leaves his bedroom door in Chapter 17?
(a) He is enraged that Bobbi would knock on his door that late.
(b) He is sad that Bobbi is leaving the following day.
(c) He is angry that Frances is still friends with Bobbi.
(d) He seems distracted and worried that Bobbi will tell someone else about their affair.

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

4. Why does Nick tell Frances he decided not to send her a song in Chapter 20?
(a) He realized she hates the artist.
(b) He remembered he already sent her the song.
(c) He anticipated her sarcastic reply and changed his mind.
(d) It is Melissa's favorite song.

5. What kind of insects kept flying in through the windows in Chapter 15?
(a) Mosquitoes.
(b) Moths.
(c) Lightening bugs.
(d) Flies.

6. What television program does Nick appear on in 1992?
(a) The Mickey Mouse Club episodes.
(b) A geography quiz game for Irish children.
(c) A documentary about gifted children.
(d) A church special about communions.

7. Why does Bobbi tell Frances she thinks an affair between Frances and Nick is possible?
(a) He has always liked younger women.
(b) He has always liked extremely thin women like Frances.
(c) He is a failed actor and his marriage is dead.
(d) He is not very attractive.

8. What does Melissa tell Bobbi not to say in front of Valerie?
(a) Any snide remarks about rich people.
(b) Anything about being an artist.
(c) Anything about being gay.
(d) Anything about pop culture.

9. What compliment does Evelyn give to Nick in Chapter 21 at Melissa's book launch?
(a) He looks very well.
(b) He has lost a lot of weight.
(c) He is more charming and funny than ever before.
(d) He seems much physically stronger than he had over the summer.

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

11. Why does Bobbi get so angry at Frances in Chapter 21?
(a) She thinks Frances is using her to make Nick feel jealous.
(b) She thinks Frances will ask her to move out of the apartment soon.
(c) She thinks Frances is letting herself be used by Melissa.
(d) She thinks Frances is wasting her talent.

12. Who calls Frances as the group walks into town the fourth night she is in France?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Philip.
(d) Her sister.

13. What does Frances tell Nick bothers her about their relationship in Chapter 14?
(a) She thinks they do not argue enough.
(b) She thinks he likes her more than she likes him.
(c) She thinks she is more enthusiastic about it than he is.
(d) She thinks he wants to break up with Melissa.

14. What does the first email Frances receives from Nick since she returned to Ireland from France say?
(a) He told Melissa about their affair.
(b) He wants to break up with her.
(c) He told Evelyn about their affair.
(d) He is sorry about how he acted on the phone when she called him late at night.

15. What does Frances ask Nick to do in Chapter 20 when he gets home from France?
(a) Visit her at her apartment.
(b) Tell Melissa about their affair.
(c) Make her dinner.
(d) Buy her nice things.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frances's mother say to her about Nick in Chapter 19?

2. Why does Frances have to go to the hospital shortly after returning to Ireland from France?

3. What does Frances find when she visits her father's house in Chapter 19?

4. Why does Bobbi tell Frances she thinks it is possible to love more than one person at a time?

5. What upsets Frances's mother about the way she talks about her father?

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