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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 does Richard tell Nellie at the end of Chapter Nine?
2. What does Richard force Nellie to wear in Chapter Five even though it makes her uncomfortable?
3. According to Vanessa in Chapter Twenty-Two, when did all her problems begin?
4. When Nellie resists quitting her second job in Chapter Five, how does Richard respond?
5. What is the name of Nellie’s roommate, as revealed in Chapter One?
Short Essay Questions
1. What accident happens in Chapter Twenty-Three? What does Vanessa learn as a result?
2. How does Nellie feel about Richard? How do others feel about Richard, as revealed in Chapter One?
3. What happens to Vanessa in Chapter Fourteen? Where does she go, and what happens there?
4. Who is Daniel Barton? What does the reader learn about him in Chapter Twenty-One?
5. What does Vanessa remember about her mother in Chapter Ten? How does she compare herself to her mother?
6. According to Vanessa in Chapter Four, how was she a bad wife to Richard?
7. Who is Richard? What does the reader learn about him in Chapter One?
8. Who is Richard’s fiancée and how did they meet, as revealed in Chapter Nineteen?
9. What happens to Nellie while she is waitressing in Chapter Eleven, and how does she react?
10. Who is Maureen? What happens when Nellie meets her for the first time in Chapter Thirteen?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
The antagonist of a novel is a character or force who works in opposition to the protagonist. Who is the antagonist of the novel? Richard? Emma? Jason? Vanessa herself? What do you think? Make a case for that which you believe best fits the criteria of an antagonist in The Wife Between Us.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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