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

2. Why does Richard get angry with Vanessa in Chapter Fourteen?

3. In Chapter Two, a dress made by which designer triggers the narrator into memories of the past?

4. What does Vanessa vow to do at the end of Chapter Four?

5. What does Richard do to Vanessa at the end of Chapter Twenty-Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. What wedding gift does Richard give Nellie in Chapter Five? How does Nellie feel about this gift?

2. What problem does Nellie encounter with her wedding in Chapter Eleven?

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

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

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

6. What does Vanessa remember about her mother in Chapter Ten? How does she compare herself to her mother?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

What do you think the future has in store for Vanessa after the close of the novel? Predict Vanessa’s future based on her thoughts and actions over the course of the novel as well as the growth she experiences by the end.

Essay Topic 3

Vanessa finds herself involved in several conflicts over the course of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the novel and on the other characters.

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