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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of the city does Melissa live in?
(a) Sandymount.
(b) Killiney.
(c) Phibsborough.
(d) Monkstown.

2. What does Bobbi study?
(a) History and Politics.
(b) Linguistics.
(c) Music.
(d) Biology.

3. What does Nick say in Chapter 9 that hurts Frances's feelings?
(a) She needs to spend less time at his house.
(b) She needs to take better care of herself.
(c) She is probably too young to care about babies.
(d) She does not seem to like his cooking.

4. How does Nick find out about Melissa's affairs?
(a) His best friend tells him.
(b) She tells him.
(c) He finds receipts from her outings with her lovers.
(d) He finds letters from her lovers.

5. What happens between Nick and Frances at the party in Chapter 7?
(a) Frances kisses Nick and he lets her.
(b) Nick keeps giving Frances more to drink until she gets really drunk.
(c) Nick accidentally cuts Frances with a knife he is holding.
(d) Frances and Nick have sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what kind of illness does Frances experience?

2. Who is Nick with when Frances passes him on the street in town in Chapter 9?

3. What does Frances estimate the gross world product divided by everyone in the world to work out to?

4. In Chapter 6, what does Frances say she enjoys about both Nick and Bobbi?

5. In Chapter 5, what does Frances say has always been an issue for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bobbi tell Melissa about her and Frances's writing collaborations?

2. In Chapter 2, what does Frances tell Nick about the difference between the way people see her and they way they see Bobbi, and how does Nick react?

3. Where do Frances and Nick have their first kiss?

4. Why does Frances avoid red wine?

5. What happens that leads to Bobbi staying with Frances in Chapter 9?

6. What does Frances think of Melissa's house when she first sees it?

7. In Chapter 3, what prompts Bobbi to observe to Frances that Frances suffers?

8. What does Frances do after having sex with Nick for the first time in Chapter 9 that embarrasses her and alarms him?

9. In Chapter 5, whey does Frances ask the venue organizer to push hers and Bobbi's performance to after 10:30?

10. What does Nick tell Frances in Chapter 9 when she says she does not want to wreck his marriage by having an affair?

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