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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. Where are Toby and Rachel when they get into a fight on Passover?

2. Where do Toby and Rachel go on their honeymoon?

3. Who is Tamara?

4. What word does Toby use to describe women in their 20s?

5. What college was Rachel going to when she met Toby?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Rachel's labor and delivery with Hannah?

2. How did Toby and Rachel meet?

3. What does Rachel keep ordering from the Chinese Food Resturant and why?

4. What happens between Rachel and Alejandra in Section 6?

5. What does Rachel teach Toby after they start dating?

6. What does Toby reveal about his struggle with weight in Section 5?

7. What happens to Rachel's job in the Section 4 flashback?

8. What does Nahid reveal about her soon to be ex-husband in Section 5?

9. Who does Toby call while he is in Rachel's apartment in Section 4 and why?

10. What do Solly and Hannah's emails say from camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens with Hannah at camp? What does this incident say about Toby and Rachel's parenting? How does it add to the theme of sexuality in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Think about Toby and Rachel's childhoods. How did each of their childhoods impact them as adults and add to the breakdown of their marriage?

Essay Topic 3

Which characters in the text are static? Which are dynamic?

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