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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 the individual who narrates Chapter Two?

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

3. What does Richard tell Nellie at the end of Chapter Nine?

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

5. Whom does Vanessa call for help in Chapter Twelve?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Richard become angry at Nellie in Chapter Seven? What happens as a result?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Where does Vanessa work? What happens to her at work in Chapter Two?

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

Discuss the characters of Charlotte, Sam, and Lucille. How do these characters impact Vanessa and her development? How do they further develop the novel’s themes?

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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