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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. Who had William been having an affair with while he was married to Lucy?

2. What does Lucy assume about Estelle after she leaves William?

3. How did Lucy and William know Joanne?

4. What happened when Lucy took William to meet her parents?

5. Who is Bridget?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Estelle?

2. Who is Catherine?

3. What does William discover about his mother via an ancestry subscription service?

4. What gift did Catherine give Lucy for her birthday?

5. What does William's lab assistant call him?

6. What is Lucy's profession?

7. What activity did Lucy hate doing with her family when she was married to William?

8. How long was Lucy married to William?

9. Who often gets night terrors?

10. What is the narrator's full name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring Lucy and William's trip to Maine. What do they learn there, either about themselves, or each other? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring Lucy's belief that she is invisible. Why does she believe this? What aspects of her identity, life, or relationships lead her to believe that she is essentially invisible to the world? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring Lucy's belief that a person can only be fundamentally comfortable within themselves if they have been properly loved by their parents. Why does she believe this? What characters from the book lead her to believe this? Use examples from the text as support.

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