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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 music does Vanessa dance to during the party in Chapter Thirty-Two?
2. Who chased Maggie shortly before her death, as revealed in Chapter Twenty-Seven?
3. How does Vanessa anger Richard in Chapter Thirty-Two?
4. How does Vanessa feel upon the loss of her dog in Chapter Twenty-Six?
5. What does Richard want from Vanessa in Chapter Forty?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Vanessa plan to do with Richard’s money, as explained in Chapter Thirty-Three?
2. Who is Kate? What does the reader learn about her in Chapter Forty-One?
3. What tragedy occurs during the Chi Omega initiation ritual, as revealed in Chapter Twenty-Four?
4. What does Vanessa fear in Chapter Thirty-Seven? Why?
5. Where does Vanessa confront Richard in Chapter Thirty-Nine? What happens?
6. How does Vanessa contact Emma in Chapter Thirty? How does Vanessa feel she has wronged her?
7. How does Vanessa compare Maggie and Emma in in Chapter Twenty-Four? What does she resolve to do?
8. What confessions does Vanessa make to Emma in Chapter Thirty-Six? How does Emma respond?
9. What does Vanessa send to Emma in Chapter Thirty-Three? Why?
10. How does Vanessa intentionally anger Richard before and during the cocktail party in Chapter Thirty-Two? Why does she do this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
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?
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