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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 are Melissa's niece and nephew?
2. What does Melissa do when she is cutting Michael's hair in Chapter 13?
3. What does Alice put on the apples she gives to Melissa in Chapter 15?
4. What do Michael and Melissa decide to do in the end of Chapter 11 to try to improve their relationship and give themselves a break?
5. How does Ria's hair catch fire in Chapter 8?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Michael react to seeing the things Melissa has put out to ward off the night things and to hearing her concerns about the house?
2. What are the circumstances under which Michael and Rachel have their first sexual encounter?
3. How are things between Melissa and Michael when they are on vacation in Chapter 12?
4. How does Melissa react when Michael tells her he has had an affair?
5. Where does Justin actually die?
6. What traditional Nigerian food does Melissa try to make for her family and why does she make it?
7. What happens at the end of Chapter 13 that is shocking and horrifying for both Melissa and Michael?
8. What momentous information is Stephanie waiting to tell Damian at the end of Chapter 14?
9. What does Michael begin to realize about Rachel almost immediately after he begins a sexual affair with her in Chapter 8?
10. In Chapter 13, what appears in the house that Melissa is disturbed and perplexed by?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Evans use descriptions of sex and sexual intimacy between characters to convey a sense of the strength and weaknesses in sets of relationships in this novel? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 2
What is the significance of the disclosure by the musician Jill Scott in Chapter 7, an artist both Michael and Melissa like from the early days of their relationship, that she has recently gotten divorced? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
What was Melissa's relationship with her father, Cornelius, like as a child? How do you think Melissa's relationship with her father affects her relationship with Michael and her attitudes to her adult romantic relationships? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your answer.
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