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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 does Melissa tell Valerie about France's poetry in Chapter 17?
(a) That it is bad.
(b) That it is amateur.
(c) That it is good.
(d) That it is immature.

2. What is Melissa so angry that Nick forgot to get at the store in Chapter 16?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Lemons.
(c) A new tablecloth.
(d) Bread.

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

4. What does Nick tell Frances about his feelings for Melissa in Chapter 15 that hurts Frances and takes her aback?
(a) He never loved Melissa.
(b) He still loves Melissa.
(c) He does not love Melissa but stays with her in their relationship because he feels sorry for her.
(d) He still loves Melissa but will break up with her soon because she has gained a lot of weight.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Marianne, Frances's friend, return from in Chapter 20?

2. What does Frances say in Chapter 21 when Melissa says she should be disastrously unhappy at age 21?

3. Where is Nick's family home as a child?

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

5. What happens when Frances tries to withdraw cash from the ATM in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Nick and Frances talk about that is prompted by Frances trying on Nick's coat in Chapter 21?

2. What does Frances find herself reading instead of her academic assignments in the beginning of Chapter 19?

3. In Chapter 15, what does Melissa ask Frances as they are both waiting to use the bathroom?

4. What does Bobbi do at the lake in Chapter 13?

5. What does Frances do in Chapter 20 several times to try to make sense of her past communications with Bobbi?

6. In Chapter 16, what news throws the house in France into disarray?

7. What changes in Bobbi's and Frances's living situations in Chapter 20?

8. What does Frances tell Nick in Chapter 22 that prompts him to tell her she is being very dramatic?

9. How does Bobbi seem to feel that Frances's relationship with Nick is affecting her own relationship with Frances?

10. What very personal information does Nick share with Frances in Chapter 14?

(see the answer keys)

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