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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group harasses Nellie in Chapter Eleven?

2. Who will be Nellie’s maid of honor, as revealed in Chapter Thirteen?

3. What professional task must Nellie complete in Chapter Nine?

4. Of what cancellation does Nellie become aware in Chapter Eleven?

5. When Nellie resists quitting her second job in Chapter Five, how does Richard respond?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What odd occurrence happens to Vanessa while home alone in Chapter Twenty-One?

6. What package does Vanessa receive in Chapter Twelve? What does she think about this package?

7. What information is revealed to Richard in Chapter Eight? How does he learn this information, and how does he react?

8. What does Nellie see while at the Learning Ladder in Chapter Nine?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Vanessa and Emma. How are they similar, and how are they different? Support your answers with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining the significance of the title of the novel, The Wife Between Us. How does the title reflect the main characters? How does the title reflect the novel’s themes and conflicts? How does the title’s meaning change over the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Vanessa experiences great change over the course of the novel. In what ways does she change and in what ways does she remain the same? By the novel’s end, is she better for these changes? What makes you say this? Explain your opinion using examples from the text.

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