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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 does Vanessa begin to hate about her home in Chapter Twenty-Six?
(a) The silence.
(b) The isolation.
(c) The upkeep.
(d) The vastness.

2. With what does Vanessa provoke Richard in Chapter Thirty-Nine?
(a) Her gold cuff bracelet.
(b) A bottle of wine.
(c) Her Moleskine notebook.
(d) The credit card statement.

3. What stunning lie does Richard tell Vanessa in Chapter Thirty-Three?
(a) That his parents were happy.
(b) That he isn't attracted to Emma.
(c) That he went to see a fertility specialist.
(d) That he will never leave her.

4. According to Vanessa in Chapter Twenty-Five, what was the first clue to Richard’s true nature?
(a) His career.
(b) His sister.
(c) The cake topper.
(d) The dog.

5. According to Vanessa at the end of Chapter Twenty-Nine, who has presented the biggest threat to her?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Maureen.
(c) Richard.
(d) Emma.

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 tell Emma about at the end of Chapter Thirty-Six?

3. How does Vanessa anger Richard in Chapter Thirty-Two?

4. Where do Vanessa and Charlotte go at the start of Chapter Thirty-Three?

5. How does Vanessa feel upon the loss of her dog in Chapter Twenty-Six?

Short Essay Questions

1. What secret has Vanessa been keeping from Richard in Chapter Twenty-Eight?

2. How does Vanessa compare Maggie and Emma in in Chapter Twenty-Four? What does she resolve to do?

3. What happens to Vanessa’s notebook, as revealed in Chapter Thirty-Five?

4. Whom does Vanessa contact in Chapter Thirty-Eight? What does she learn?

5. What does Maureen tell Vanessa in Chapter Forty?

6. For what does Richard accept blame in Chapter Thirty-Five? What changes does he say must be made?

7. What does Vanessa fear in Chapter Thirty-Seven? Why?

8. What does the reader learn about Emma in the novel’s epilogue?

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

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

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