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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 Nick ask Frances in Chapter 13 that surprises her?
(a) Whether she is poor.
(b) Whether she is really gay.
(c) Whether she is seeing anyone.
(d) Whether she is contemplating dropping out of school.

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

3. What does Bobbi accuse Frances of doing more of with Nick than with her in Chapter 19?
(a) Respecting Nick more than she respects Bobbi.
(b) Liking Nick more than she likes Bobbi.
(c) Wanting to spend more time with Nick than she wants to spend with Bobbi.
(d) Telling Nick more about her life and feelings than she tells Bobbi.

4. What does Bobbi tell Nick, Evelyn and Frances when she comes out to meet them upon their return from the supermarket in Chapter 16?
(a) Everything is under control.
(b) She wants to go home that minute.
(c) Tensions have been running high.
(d) They will never complete all the tasks Melissa asks for in the time they have available.

5. Where is Nick's family home as a child?
(a) Dalkey.
(b) Ballsbridge.
(c) Sandymount.
(d) Killiney.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, Frances is reading a book by which author?

2. What does Frances tell Nick bothers her about their relationship in Chapter 14?

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

4. What does Bobbi do when she comes outside to calm Frances down in Chapter 17?

5. What happens to Frances in Chapter 22 at the bus shelter at college?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 14, why is Frances so grateful that Bobbi buys her an ice cream?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Melissa ask Nick to do with Bobbi and Frances in the beginning of Chapter 13?

7. How does Frances's date with Rossa turn out at the end of Chapter 21?

8. What does Nick tell Frances he thinks about people who like Yeats in Chapter 22?

9. What information does Bobbi accidentally reveal to Phillip in Chapter 22?

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

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