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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 Melissa ask Frances in Chapter 15 about Nick that surprises Frances?

2. What does Frances find when she visits her father's house in Chapter 19?

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

4. Why does Frances have to go to the hospital shortly after returning to Ireland from France?

5. What does one of the doctors tell Frances could be the cause of her pain?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. At the end of Chapter 15, what is Frances so upset about regarding her relationship with Nick?

5. What does Frances find when she visits her father's house in Chapter 19?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How does Frances feel that her parents' tumultuous and unhappy relationship affected both her childhood and adulthood? Write an essay explaining your answer.

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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