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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lauren bring to work for Jim's birthday?
(a) Cupcakes.
(b) A cake.
(c) Donuts.
(d) Balloons.

2. Which of the following does NOT characterize Lauren regarding Nick?
(a) She does not want to sleep with him again.
(b) She is driven by her moral code.
(c) She wants a relationship.
(d) She wants to have an affair with him.

3. How does Nick treat Lauren when she rebuffs his advances?
(a) He intentionally offends her.
(b) He cries.
(c) He tries to make her understand him.
(d) He tries to make her laugh.

4. Why do the security officers think Lauren is Philip's mistress?
(a) She is living in the condo he keeps for his mistresses.
(b) She has a new sports car.
(c) Her phone records show many calls to his number.
(d) She is wearing a new fur coat.

5. What is the setting of Chapter 13?
(a) Nick's office.
(b) Philip's office.
(c) Nick's house.
(d) Lauren's condo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Nick bring Lauren when he returns from Europe?

2. Laura is photographed doing what?

3. What did Nick's mother do with the gift Nick gave her?

4. How does Nick intentionally embarrass Lauren at the office?

5. What is the water cooler talk at the office these days?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Philip able to discern some information he needs in spite of Lauren's unwillingness to spy for him?

2. How does Nick try to reconnect with Lauren at the party?

3. How does Lauren try to adapt to Nick's changing moods and behavior?

4. What does Laura learn about the relationship between Nick and Jim?

5. How does Nick humiliate Lauren after his lawyer tells him what she has done?

6. What does Lauren do when Nick shows up at her home and attempts to seduce her again?

7. What facts does the head of security reveal to Nick after Laura has moved back home?

8. How do Nick's advances provide insight into his personality?

9. How does the author create tension in the story at this point?

10. What action does Nick have his attorneys take regarding Lauren?

(see the answer keys)

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