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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 want from Vanessa in Chapter Forty?

2. What does Vanessa take from Richard’s office in Chapter Thirty-Two?

3. According to Vanessa in Chapter Thirty-Two, what is one way Richard would discipline her?

4. What is Emma’s true identity?

5. Who is with Emma in Chapter Thirty-Nine?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Vanessa intentionally anger Richard before and during the cocktail party in Chapter Thirty-Two? Why does she do this?

2. What does Vanessa fear in Chapter Thirty-Seven? Why?

3. Where does Vanessa confront Richard in Chapter Thirty-Nine? What happens?

4. Who is Kate? What does the reader learn about her in Chapter Forty-One?

5. What happens when Vanessa tries to confront Daniel in Chapter Twenty-Four? What does she learn?

6. Whom does Vanessa contact in Chapter Thirty-Eight? What does she learn?

7. What confessions does Vanessa make to Emma in Chapter Thirty-Six? How does Emma respond?

8. For what does Richard accept blame in Chapter Thirty-Five? What changes does he say must be made?

9. How did fraternity boys play a role in Maggie’s death, as revealed in Chapter Twenty-Seven?

10. What is Furry Paws and why does the owner call Vanessa in Chapter Thirty-Four?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Obsession is a major theme of The Wife Between Us. Choose three situations in which this theme is illustrated. Explain how each situation illustrates obsession, and evaluate what the authors are trying to say about this subject.

Essay Topic 2

Appearances in The Wife Between Us can be deceiving. How do appearances differ from reality in this novel? Discuss three characters, objects, or situations and how this idea applies to each.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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