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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 ever really loved Bobbi.
(b) Whether she is serious about poetry.
(c) Whether she is sleeping with Nick.
(d) Whether she is really who she says she is.

2. What does Frances tell Nick in Chapter 14 about her father?
(a) That they are very close.
(b) That he has problems with alcohol.
(c) That he has abused her.
(d) That she has never met him.

3. What does Bobbi buy for Frances the fourth night of their trip after they walk into town as a group?
(a) An ice cream cone.
(b) A drink.
(c) A pack of cigarettes.
(d) A book.

4. What does Frances find when she visits her father's house in Chapter 19?
(a) Her father, passed out.
(b) A dead body.
(c) Rancid food and maggots in the trash can.
(d) Twenty cats.

5. What does Frances's mother say to her about Nick in Chapter 19?
(a) She thinks Frances needs to be honest with herself about Nick.
(b) She thinks Frances should find someone to date who is her own age.
(c) She would not like to think Frances's pain had anything to do with Nick, insinuating she disapproves of Frances's relationship with a married man.
(d) She thinks Nick is handsome.

6. What does Bobbi do in Chapter 15 that embarrasses Frances?
(a) She tells everyone Frances has a crush on Nick.
(b) She tells everyone Frances is only pretending to be gay.
(c) She puts Frances's name in the bowl for the game and makes Nick answer embarrassing questions about Frances.
(d) She shows everyone embarrassing pictures of Frances.

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

8. Where is the lake Nick takes Bobbi and Frances to?
(a) Chatelaudren.
(b) Lake Cuomo.
(c) The Finger Lakes.
(d) The Brittany Lakes.

9. What does Nick say when Frances asks him if he has considered telling Melissa about their relationship?
(a) That he has considered it but has not been able to bring himself to do it yet.
(b) That he has already told her.
(c) That he will tell her the following day.
(d) That he will never tell her.

10. 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 is sorry about how he acted on the phone when she called him late at night.
(c) He told Evelyn about their affair.
(d) He wants to break up with her.

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

12. Why does Bobbi tell Frances she thinks it is possible to love more than one person at a time?
(a) Because open marriages have always worked.
(b) Because people have more than one friend at a time and it is the same thing.
(c) Because parents love more than one child, in different ways for each.
(d) Because there are too many people in the world for everyone to love just one.

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 wants to break up with Melissa.
(c) She thinks he likes her more than she likes him.
(d) She thinks she is more enthusiastic about it than he is.

14. What does Frances call Bobbi to ask her a few days after she gets out of the hospital in Chapter 19?
(a) If Bobbi still likes Melissa.
(b) If they can get back together romantically.
(c) If they are still friends.
(d) If Bobbi approves of Nick.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What article of Nick's clothing is Frances especially taken with in Chapter 21?

2. Who does Bobbi call for Frances in Chapter 22 when Frances gets so sick?

3. Why does Bobbi come to Nick's bedroom late at night at the end of Chapter 17?

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

5. Why does Nick tell Frances he decided not to send her a song in Chapter 20?

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