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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 Bobbi do in Chapter 15 that embarrasses Frances?

2. What does Melissa tell Bobbi not to say in front of Valerie?

3. What television program does Nick appear on in 1992?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bobbi do at the lake in Chapter 13?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Write an essay exploring Melissa's reaction when Nick informs her of his affair with Frances. What does the email she writes to Frances reveal about Melissa's personality?

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