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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frances's mother say to her about Nick in Chapter 19?

2. What does Nick say when Frances asks him if he has considered telling Melissa about their relationship?

3. Where is the lake Nick takes Bobbi and Frances to?

4. What does Nick suggest doing in Chapter 16 that prompts Bobbi to ask whether he has a death wish?

5. What does one of the doctors tell Frances could be the cause of her pain?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Frances tell Nick about her father in Chapter 14?

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

6. At the end of Chapter 15, what is Frances so upset about regarding her relationship with Nick?

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

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

9. What shared experience does Frances feel a powerful bond with Nick over in Chapter 21?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What purposes does Frances's writing serve for her, in financial, emotional and psychological terms? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing Frances's reaction to Bobbi's revelation about her affair with Nick in front of Phillip in Chapter 22. How does Frances take it when Phillip chastises her for what she has done with Nick?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay discussing the symbolism of Nick's grey cashmere coat to his and Frances's relationship in Chapter 21. Why is the conversation around Frances's trying on the coat significant?

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