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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. How did Richard’s parents die, as explained in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) A boating accident.
(b) A plane crash.
(c) A house fire.
(d) A car accident.

2. What piece of jewelry is among the contents of the package Vanessa receives in Chapter Twelve?
(a) A diamond bracelet.
(b) A pair of diamond earrings.
(c) A diamond ring.
(d) A diamond choker.

3. Why does Richard get angry with Vanessa in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) She is late to dinner.
(b) She does not answer her phone.
(c) She is talking with a strange man.
(d) She has too much to drink.

4. Why does Richard give Vanessa a nickname, as revealed in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Because she is always so late.
(b) Because she is always so messy.
(c) Because she is always so nervous.
(d) Because she is always so funny.

5. How does the narrator of Chapter Two describe her early days with her ex-husband?
(a) As a bit scripted.
(b) As a bit confusing.
(c) As a bit rushed.
(d) As a bit unexpected.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group harasses Nellie in Chapter Eleven?

2. In Chapter Two, a dress made by which designer triggers the narrator into memories of the past?

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

4. According to Richard in Chapter Fifteen, from what does he need saving?

5. Where does Vanessa go in Chapter Twenty?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the reader learn about Vanessa in Chapter Sixteen? Why is this surprising?

4. What does the reader learn about Nellie in Chapter One?

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

6. What happens to Nellie while she is waitressing in Chapter Eleven, and how does she react?

7. What worries Vanessa in Chapter Four? What does she vow to do?

8. Who is Daniel Barton? What does the reader learn about him in Chapter Twenty-One?

9. Who is Maureen? What happens when Nellie meets her for the first time in Chapter Thirteen?

10. Who is Richard’s fiancée and how did they meet, as revealed in Chapter Nineteen?

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