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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. When Harry turns 45, where do they celebrate his birthday?

2. According to Evelyn in Chapter 52, what has she failed to do yet again?

3. Where does Evelyn visit Celia to beg for forgiveness in Chapter 45?

4. From where does Luisa come?

5. Where is Grace about to travel, as explained in Chapter 68?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Evelyn in Chapter 46, why does her relationship with Celia fail?

2. Why do Celia and Evelyn frequently argue, as Evelyn explains in Chapter 37?

3. What does Evelyn give to Monique in Chapter 65?

4. How and where do Evelyn and Celia reconcile in Chapter 36?

5. With what does Max threaten Evelyn in Chapter 54? Why? How does she respond?

6. What secret does Evelyn reveal to Monique in Chapter 64? What does Monique realize?

7. Whom does Evelyn marry in Chapter 30? Why?

8. How does John Braverman die, and how does Harry react in Chapter 47?

9. What does Monique suspect in Chapter 68? Why does she not act on her suspicions?

10. How does Celia feel about Evelyn’s desire to have a baby, as explained in Chapter 40?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does the end justify the means? How does the novel answer this question? How would Evelyn answer this question? How would Monique? What about other characters, such as Celia and Harry?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using the first-person perspective. How does viewing the action through a first-person perspective affect the story? How would the novel change if the story was told through the third person?

Essay Topic 3

Monique experiences great change over the course of the novel. In what ways does she change and in what ways does she remain the same? By the novel’s end, is she better for these changes? What makes you say this? Explain your opinion using examples from the text.

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