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

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

3. 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) Tensions have been running high.
(b) Everything is under control.
(c) They will never complete all the tasks Melissa asks for in the time they have available.
(d) She wants to go home that minute.

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

5. What does Frances say when Nick asks her if she wants him to give her money in Chapter 21?
(a) She is very offended he would even ask her that question.
(b) In a way she does, but she does not necessarily trust this impulse.
(c) She will take some money from him, but only as a loan.
(d) She definitely wants him to give her money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with Nick after Bobbi leaves his bedroom door in Chapter 17?

2. What does Frances ask Nick to do in Chapter 20 when he gets home from France?

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

4. What compliment does Evelyn give to Nick in Chapter 21 at Melissa's book launch?

5. What does Nick tell Frances about his mental health in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Frances tell Nick she is upset about in their relationship in Chapter 14, and how does he respond?

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 13, what does Bobbi ask Melissa not to call her and Frances?

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

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

9. What does Bobbi tell Frances about Nick's childhood during their car journey in Chapter 13?

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

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