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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 do Fred and Vinnie discuss Rosemary hiring?

2. When parting, Vinnie and the man who sat next to her exchange what?

3. Fred thinks the Vogelers dress like characters from what when they come to meet Rosemary?

4. Vinnie keeps misplacing an issue of the Atlantic that contains a wonderful article on what?

5. Where does Vinnie prefer to do her work?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fred's mother react when her son tells her he plans to marry Roo?

2. What are the unfortunate similarities between Chuck and Vinnie?

3. What reasons does Chuck cite as to why he's depressed in Chapter 5?

4. Describe the "best part of her life" that Vinnie is reminded of while watching the girls jump rope at the beginning of Chapter 5.

5. Why does Vinnie think that a relationship between Fred and Rosemary can be nothing more than a fling?

6. Why does Vinnie like to work in the London Library Reading Room?

7. Why does Fred leave the Vogelers' angry in Chapter 2?

8. After revealing she is American, what does Vinnie learn about Chuck?

9. Why does Fred take the Underground for the first time?

10. What are Fred's concerns at the beginning of Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fred feels Roo would tell him if she were cheating on him. Fred thinks he should tell Roo about his relationship with Rosemary. If Fred and Roo had the type of open marriage that Fred finds so desirable in the British lifestyle, how would he handle his situation with Roo? Would she be open with him if she had a lover in their current situation? What if they had a British style relationship?

Essay Topic 2

Vinnie and Chuck don't have much in common at the onset of the novel, yet they end up falling in love.

Part 1) Compare and contrast Vinnie and Chuck when they meet.

Part 2) Compare and contrast Vinnie at the beginning of the novel with Vinnie at the end. Do the same for Chuck.

Part 3) Which character changed more throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Rosemary is a talented actress, and at one point Fred believes that her entire relationship with him was an act. Do you believe she was acting or was she sincere, and why? Cite specific events from the novel. Is it possible for such a talented actor to be 100% sincere?

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