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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 game does Evelyn suggest the house plays in Chapter 15?

2. What does Melissa ask Frances in Chapter 15 about Nick that surprises Frances?

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

4. What does Frances do in Chapter 19 to try to make better sense of her past relationship with Bobbi?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At what point in the novel does Frances seem to decide to commit to the idea of having an affair with Nick? Write an essay about the process Frances goes through to get to the place in which she first sleeps with Nick.

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

How do Rooney's graphic descriptions of Frances's and Nick's sexual intimacy affect and inform the reader's understanding of their relationship? Write an essay explaining your answer.

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