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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 every story have?

2. What does a journalist admonish Agnes when she goes to Paris alone?

3. What does Fabienne say a book should bear?

4. How many stories are in the narrator's and Fabienne's first book?

5. What does M. Devaux think of the first book of stories?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Fabienne want Agnes to actually physically write the book?

2. What does Agnes briefly fear Fabienne might do to M. Devaux?

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

4. Why does Fabienne think Agnes should be the "face" of their books?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does the photographer M. Bazin tell Agnes when he shoots her pictures?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does infertility affect Agnes's life as an adult? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Yiyun describe the bond between Agnes and Meaker? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What do you think Yiyun chooses to highlight the sensationalistic tendencies of the media regarding Fabienne's and Agnes's book? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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