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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. Who does Toby suspect Rachel is sleeping with in Section 4?

2. Who is Toby surprised to see in his exercise class in Section 5?

3. Why is Hannah removed from camp?

4. Who is Alejandra's play about?

5. How does Rachel's mother die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does Same Rothberg play in Rachel's nervous breakdown?

2. Where does Elizabeth see Rachel and how does Rachel look and act?

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

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

5. What upsetting news does Toby get at the start of Section 6?

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

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

8. How does Toby describe his sister in Section 5?

9. What are the different places Rachel goes when she gets back from Kripula, and why?

10. Who is Alejandra Lopez and how does Rachel discover her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

How is marriage and married life portrayed in the novel?

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