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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 Rachel dislike about Richard's wife?

2. Where did Arthur and Mark grow up together?

3. How does the newspaper report about the robbery describe Rachel's occupation that irritates her?

4. What subject is the article about that is in Rachel's typewriter in Chapter Nine?

5. What does Rachel discover in the copy of the Washington Post she finds in Mark's office?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rachel agree to return to Washington with Mark?

2. What does Arthur do that betrays his marriage and the Feldmans friendship?

3. Why is Rachel so upset about the new blazer Mark bought?

4. What is Jonathan doing outside his house when Rachel arrives?

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

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

7. Does Rachel enjoy giving cooking demonstrations?

8. Describe Richard's proposal to Rachel.

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

10. What does Julie tell Rachel about Mark's promise not to see Thelma anymore?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting of New York City and its influence on Rachel. How does the city offer Rachel more possibilities? When she returns to New York, what support system does she have there? What does she like about the specialty shops in New York?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Rachel's parents and their influence in her life. What kind of role models are they? Does she wish she could share this experience with her mother? How does her father attempt to comfort her? In what way have both her parents failed her?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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