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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What information does the narrator learn about her ex-husband in Chapter Two?
(a) He is single.
(b) He is married.
(c) He is dating.
(d) He is engaged.

2. What is the name of Nellie’s roommate, as revealed in Chapter One?
(a) Sal.
(b) Sue.
(c) Sam.
(d) Sara.

3. According to Richard’s neighbor in Chapter Nine, who visited Richard’s apartment building the week before?
(a) Richard’s sister.
(b) Richard’s ex-wife.
(c) Richard’s colleague.
(d) Richard’s doctor.

4. Whom does Vanessa call for help in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Sam.
(c) Maureen.
(d) Lucille.

5. What event is held in Chapter Seven?
(a) Their rehearsal dinner.
(b) Nellie’s bridal shower.
(c) Richard's bachelor party.
(d) Nellie’s bachelorette party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man with whom Vanessa became pregnant in college, as revealed in Chapter Twenty-One?

2. How old is Nellie in Chapter Five?

3. Why does Richard get angry with Vanessa in Chapter Fourteen?

4. In the prologue, how does the narrator describe the woman she is following?

5. According to Nellie in Chapter Seven, when is she due to marry Richard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Richard give Vanessa in Chapter Twenty-Two? Why?

2. Who is Vanessa? What does the reader learn about her in Chapter Two?

3. What happens to Vanessa in Chapter Fourteen? Where does she go, and what happens there?

4. What wedding gift does Richard give Nellie in Chapter Five? How does Nellie feel about this gift?

5. What does Vanessa remember about her mother in Chapter Ten? How does she compare herself to her mother?

6. What request does Richard make of Nellie in Chapter Five? How does she respond, and what does he do in return?

7. Why does Richard become angry at Nellie in Chapter Seven? What happens as a result?

8. What does Richard’s neighbor tell Nellie in Chapter Nine?

9. How does Nellie feel about Richard? How do others feel about Richard, as revealed in Chapter One?

10. According to Vanessa in Chapter Four, how was she a bad wife to Richard?

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