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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 is Hannah doing when Toby gets home from Nahid's?

2. What is Toby's profession?

3. Where do Toby and Elizabeth first meet?

4. What inside joke do Toby, Seth, and Elizabeth joke about in Section 1?

5. Where does Toby take Hannah and Solly for dinner when they leave the Hamptons?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Stealth Bunny and how does it play into Solly's time at camp?

2. What does Toby dream about in Section 3 and how does it make him feel?

3. In Section 2, what leads Rachel and Toby to have a good patch in their marriage?

4. Who is the narrator and who do she and Toby meet?

5. In Section 2, who is Toby's first date once his divorce becomes final?

6. Seth was engaged once, so why did he end up not getting married?

7. Who is Donald Bartuck and why does Toby talk to him in Section 2?

8. In Section 3, how and why does Solly go to sleepover camp?

9. In Section 3, Toby uses the words "he was owed" (121). What is he referring to?

10. How does Toby feel about the Mediation he and Rachel go to in Section 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of sex and sexuality in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

What happens to Karen Cooper in the novel? Why would Brodesser-Anker include the character of Karen Cooper? What could she and her disease symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

What is the role of motherhood in the novel? How does motherhood impact the different women characters in the novel?

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