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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. Where does the narrator in Chapter Two work?
2. What object does Nellie search for in Chapter Seventeen?
3. What does Richard force Nellie to wear in Chapter Five even though it makes her uncomfortable?
4. What piece of jewelry is among the contents of the package Vanessa receives in Chapter Twelve?
5. How old is Nellie in Chapter Five?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Vanessa in Chapter Fourteen? Where does she go, and what happens there?
2. What does Vanessa remember about her mother in Chapter Ten? How does she compare herself to her mother?
3. How does Vanessa’s life change after her marriage to Richard in Chapter Six?
4. What does Nellie see while at the Learning Ladder in Chapter Nine?
5. Who is Vanessa? What does the reader learn about her in Chapter Two?
6. Where does Vanessa work? What happens to her at work in Chapter Two?
7. How do Nellie and Richard meet? What happens during their meeting, as revealed in Chapter Three?
8. What does the reader learn about Vanessa in Chapter Sixteen? Why is this surprising?
9. According to Charlotte in Chapter Twenty, how did Vanessa start to change after marrying Richard?
10. What worries Vanessa in Chapter Four? What does she vow to do?
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
How does The Wife Between Us illustrate the theme of secrecy? Use textual evidence to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the symbol of the cake topper in The Wife Between Us. How does it represent Richard and his relationship with Vanessa? How does it symbolize the novel’s themes and conflicts? How does it change in meaning over the course of the novel?
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