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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 call Bobbi to ask her a few days after she gets out of the hospital in Chapter 19?

2. What does Frances say to Nick in Chapter 22 that she feels seals her humiliation with him?

3. In Chapter 21, what does Frances tell Nick about that she was never able to tell Bobbi about?

4. Why does Bobbi tell Frances she thinks an affair between Frances and Nick is possible?

5. Why does Frances get so upset at Valerie in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 21, what does Frances do at Melissa's book launch that makes Bobbi so angry?

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

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

9. In Chapter 14, what does Bobbi do that prompts Nick to cry with laughter?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Frances think of Melissa's and Nick's house and relationship when she first visits their house and meets the couple? How do Frances's impressions of both their house and their relationship change over the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

At Frances's internship at the publishing agency, her supervisor Sunny seems interested in helping her in her career path, but Frances never really takes Sunny up on her offers to help Frances professionally. Write an essay analyzing why you think Frances fails to take advantage of the help and opportunities Sunny offers her.

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