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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. For what is Richard being treated in Chapter Forty?
2. In in Chapter Twenty-Six, how does Vanessa describe her feelings for her dog?
3. Whom does Vanessa meet in Chapter Forty-Two?
4. How does Vanessa feel immediately upon meeting her dog in Chapter Twenty-Six?
5. When does Vanessa again see Maggie’s older brother, as revealed in Chapter Twenty-Nine?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Vanessa’s notebook, as revealed in Chapter Thirty-Five?
2. What does the reader learn about Emma in the novel’s epilogue?
3. What does Vanessa plan to do with Richard’s money, as explained in Chapter Thirty-Three?
4. What is the importance of the black Moleskine notebook, as revealed in Chapter Thirty?
5. How did fraternity boys play a role in Maggie’s death, as revealed in Chapter Twenty-Seven?
6. Who is Kate? What does the reader learn about her in Chapter Forty-One?
7. What does Maureen tell Vanessa in Chapter Forty?
8. How does Maureen respond to the situation in Chapter Thirty-Nine?
9. For what does Richard accept blame in Chapter Thirty-Five? What changes does he say must be made?
10. What does Vanessa learn about the cake topper in Twenty-Five?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does The Wife Between Us illustrate the theme of secrecy? Use textual evidence to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Discuss the theme of sight as it pertains to the novel. How does the issue of sight—both literal and figurative—affect the characters in the novel? How does an inability to see clearly propel the novel’s conflicts and themes?
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