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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 weapon of self-defense does Nellie keep in her room, as revealed in Chapter One?
(a) A taser.
(b) A baseball bat.
(c) A can of mace.
(d) A revolver.

2. Where does the narrator in Chapter Two work?
(a) Bloomingdale's.
(b) Bergdorf Goodman.
(c) Saks.
(d) Barneys.

3. According to Nellie in Chapter Seven, when is she due to marry Richard?
(a) Two months.
(b) One week.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) One month.

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

5. What does Richard force Nellie to wear in Chapter Five even though it makes her uncomfortable?
(a) A corset.
(b) Gloves.
(c) A blindfold.
(d) Earmuffs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richard tell Nellie at the end of Chapter Nine?

2. As explained by Nellie in Chapter One, Richard is how many years older than she?

3. What is the name of the restaurant where Vanessa goes at the end of Chapter Twelve?

4. When did Vanessa become panicked on her honeymoon, as she reveals in Chapter Nineteen?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What accident happens in Chapter Twenty-Three? What does Vanessa learn as a result?

2. Who is Richard? What does the reader learn about him in Chapter One?

3. What problem do Nellie and Sam encounter in Chapter Fifteen? How is this problem solved?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How do Nellie and Richard meet? What happens during their meeting, as revealed in Chapter Three?

10. Where does Vanessa work? What happens to her at work in Chapter Two?

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