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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. Who calls Frances as the group walks into town the fourth night she is in France?

2. What does Melissa tell Valerie about France's poetry in Chapter 17?

3. What kind of dessert do Nick, Evelyn, and Frances buy in Chapter 16?

4. What does Nick tell Frances about his feelings for Melissa in Chapter 15 that hurts Frances and takes her aback?

5. What does Valerie advise Bobbi to do in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

At the end of the novel, Rooney leads the leader to believe that Frances and Nick may be resuming or rekindling their relationship after having broken it off for some time. Write an essay analyzing Rooney's choice to leave the question of Frances's and Nick's relationship status ambiguous at the novel's end.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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