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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 Toby think he is getting in Section 6?

2. What show did Rachel like watching as a kid?

3. Where does Rachel go after she goes to LA in Section 6?

4. What does Seth tell Toby in Section 5?

5. Where was Toby and Rachel's actual honeymoon?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Toby have to go to camp in Section 5?

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

3. What does Toby tell the children about Rachel in Section 5?

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

5. Who is Jeanine?

6. How does Rachel describe Miriam Rothberg in Section 6?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does religion strengthen or weaken Toby and Rachel's marriage?

Essay Topic 2

How does the self-esteem or lack thereof of the characters act as a motivator? How does it impact the choices they make throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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