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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 Fabienne say when she does not want to do something Agnes suggests?

2. What does Bobby's ghost do?

3. How old are the narrator and Fabienne when they start writing?

4. What does Fabienne say she and the narrator are like?

5. Who is the narrator's best friend.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Agnes's and Fabienne's first book focus on?

2. What does Fabienne tell Agnes about when she, Fabienne, says she will sort something out?

3. How does Agnes feel about her first trip to Paris?

4. Why does Fabienne's death seem especially tragic to Agnes?

5. Where do Fabienne and Agnes often go to be by themselves and talk?

6. What do the people in Paris think of Agnes there?

7. How does Agnes learn of Fabienne's death?

8. Why do Agnes and Fabienne go to M. Devaux to help with their book?

9. How does Agnes describe her own marriage to Earl?

10. How does Agnes's family handle Jean's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do various adults engage in the exploitation of children throughout this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Yiyun treat the topic of racism early in the novel, and through which characters does she primarily explore it? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How are Agnes's own stories that she writes different from Fabienne's, and why are these differences important? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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