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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. According to Richard in Chapter Fifteen, how did he pay his way through college?

2. According to Nellie in Chapter Five, what could she not ever imagine being?

3. What is the name of Vanessa’s boss, as revealed in Chapter Four?

4. What example does Vanessa use in Chapter Nineteen to convince Richard’s fiancée of his spitefulness?

5. According to Vanessa in Chapter Twenty-Two, when did all her problems begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens to Nellie while she is waitressing in Chapter Eleven, and how does she react?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the theme of identity in The Wife Between Us.

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