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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 the subject of Mark's column that he is working on at the beginning of Chapter Nine?

2. What did Rachel's pediatrician tell Rachel and Mark when Sam was born?

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

4. What does Rachel say she hates at the beginning of Chapter Twelve?

5. What do Sidney and Dan discover once they learn each other's last names?

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. Describe Nathaniel's physical appearance.

5. Describe Richard's proposal to Rachel.

6. Describe Arthur's physical appearance.

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

8. In what way does Rachel seem to be hoping that her marriage will return to normal after Nathaniel is born?

9. Why does Betty want to give a dance for Thelma?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Rachel end her marriage to Mark? What loose ends does she tie up at home with Mark before she leaves? What plans does she make for her immediate future?

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

Discuss Rachel's success as a cook and food writer. What makes her television show a success? Why do readers find Rachel's writing so appealing?

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