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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 kind of insects kept flying in through the windows in Chapter 15?

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

3. What kind of game does Evelyn suggest the house plays in Chapter 15?

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

5. What does Frances start reading in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing why Frances decides to read the gospels in Chapter 19 and how her impression of the stories relates to what is happening in her life at that time.

Essay Topic 2

Rooney emphasizes Frances's emotional detachment, which sometimes borders on withdrawal. Write an essay discussing how Frances's experiences growing up with her volatile and alcoholic father seems to have affected her adult relationships.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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