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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 does Vanessa explain missing Richard’s phone call in Chapter Twenty-Five?
(a) By saying she was in the bath.
(b) By saying she was on the subway.
(c) By saying she was ill.
(d) By saying she lost her phone.

2. Who chased Maggie shortly before her death, as revealed in Chapter Twenty-Seven?
(a) Fishermen.
(b) Campus security.
(c) Fraternity boys.
(d) Her sorority sisters.

3. According to Vanessa in Chapter Thirty-Seven, what is Emma lacking at this pivotal moment?
(a) A sense of confusion.
(b) A sense of urgency.
(c) A sense of fear.
(d) A sense of guilt.

4. Where will Vanessa begin teaching, as revealed in Chapter Forty-Two?
(a) Staten Island.
(b) Queens.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Brooklyn.

5. What does Vanessa accidentally break during the party in Chapter Twenty-Eight?
(a) The cake topper.
(b) A wine glass.
(c) A figurine.
(d) A crystal vase.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Vanessa in Chapter Thirty-Two, how does she know Richard’s focus is shifting away from her?

2. What does Vanessa’s little sister experience during the initiation ritual, as explained in Chapter Twenty-Four?

3. Whom does Vanessa meet in Chapter Forty-Two?

4. How does Vanessa feel immediately upon meeting her dog in Chapter Twenty-Six?

5. How does Maggie die, as revealed in Chapter Twenty-Seven?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Vanessa visit Richard’s office in Chapter Thirty-Two? What does she do there?

2. What confessions does Vanessa make to Emma in Chapter Thirty-Six? How does Emma respond?

3. What is the worst of Richard’s cruelties, and how does Vanessa discover it in Chapter Thirty-Four?

4. What is the importance of the black Moleskine notebook, as revealed in Chapter Thirty?

5. What does Vanessa plan to do with Richard’s money, as explained in Chapter Thirty-Three?

6. How does Vanessa contact Emma in Chapter Thirty? How does Vanessa feel she has wronged her?

7. Who is Duke? What does the reader learn about him in Chapter Twenty-Six?

8. What does Vanessa send to Emma in Chapter Thirty-Three? Why?

9. What is Furry Paws and why does the owner call Vanessa in Chapter Thirty-Four?

10. How did fraternity boys play a role in Maggie’s death, as revealed in Chapter Twenty-Seven?

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