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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 color mustache does Arthur have?

2. What does Marvin take from the fruit basket in Rachel's hospital room?

3. Where did Arthur and Mark grow up together?

4. What does Rachel refuse to teach Mark how to make when he asks in Chapter Ten?

5. What newspaper did Rachel work at when she was a journalist?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Rachel get into the food writing business?

2. How did Rachel react to seeing an article about herself and the robbery in the Daily News?

3. How do Arthur and Julie keep Rachel entertained in the hospital?

4. Describe Richard Finkel's character.

5. What does Rachel discover in Mark's office?

6. What are the policeman doing in Rachel's Washington house when she returns from the cooking demonstration in New York?

7. Describe Rachel's labor.

8. What does Rachel write about in her article "Potatoes and Love"?

9. Describe Nathaniel's physical appearance.

10. Does Rachel enjoy giving cooking demonstrations?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of person is Mark? Why does he persuade Rachel to return to Washington even though he has no intention of being faithful to her? What does that suggest about his personality?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two secondary characters and explain their importance to the story. How do they influence Rachel? In what way do they help the plot advance? Provide specific textual examples to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

What role does food play in this novel? How is it important to Rachel's life and marriage? Why does Rachel provide recipes as she tells the story of her marriage breaking up? Do the recipes add to the story? Explain why or why not.

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