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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 does Richard tell Nellie at the end of Chapter Nine?

2. Who calls Vanessa in Chapter Twenty and demands to know her location?

3. What sleep disorder did Nellie develop during her senior year of college, as revealed in Chapter One?

4. What does Sam lose in Chapter Fifteen?

5. How does the narrator of Chapter Two describe her early days with her ex-husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. According to Charlotte in Chapter Twenty, how did Vanessa start to change after marrying Richard?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay defining regret from the Vanessa’s perspective. Why does Vanessa experience a sense of regret? How do the choices she makes in the present day reflect these values?

Essay Topic 2

How does The Wife Between Us illustrate the theme of secrecy? Use textual evidence to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 3

Does the end justify the means? How does the novel answer this question? How would Vanessa answer this question? How would Emma? What about other characters, such as Maureen and Richard?

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