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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 is the name of Vanessa’s boss, as revealed in Chapter Four?
2. According to Richard in Chapter Fifteen, how did he pay his way through college?
3. What weapon of self-defense does Nellie keep in her room, as revealed in Chapter One?
4. Where does Vanessa go in Chapter Twenty?
5. Who will be Nellie’s maid of honor, as revealed in Chapter Thirteen?
Short Essay Questions
1. What wedding gift does Richard give Nellie in Chapter Five? How does Nellie feel about this gift?
2. Who is Richard’s fiancée and how did they meet, as revealed in Chapter Nineteen?
3. How does Nellie feel about Richard? How do others feel about Richard, as revealed in Chapter One?
4. What accident happens in Chapter Twenty-Three? What does Vanessa learn as a result?
5. What happens to Nellie while she is waitressing in Chapter Eleven, and how does she react?
6. What does Nellie see while at the Learning Ladder in Chapter Nine?
7. Where does Vanessa work? What happens to her at work in Chapter Two?
8. Who is Maureen? What happens when Nellie meets her for the first time in Chapter Thirteen?
9. What odd occurrence happens to Vanessa while home alone in Chapter Twenty-One?
10. What request does Richard make of Nellie in Chapter Five? How does she respond, and what does he do in return?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
Discuss Vanessa’s contradictory characteristics. In what ways is she a principled person? In what ways is she unprincipled? Ultimately, is she a good person or a bad one?
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