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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 Vanessa's job?

2. How old is Rachel when she decides to stop pretending like she is not mad?

3. In Section 4, what does Rachel say she will never do with Toby again?

4. Why does Toby agree to go to the literary society party?

5. What diet plan does Toby follow as a teenager?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Tamara and how does Toby describe her in Section 5?

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

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

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

6. How did Toby and Rachel meet?

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

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

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

10. Who is Jeanine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a flashback and how is it used in the text? What impact does it have on the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Is this a Feminist text? Analyze the text through a feminist lens to answer the question.

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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