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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 Vanessa go in Chapter Thirty-Four?

2. With what does Vanessa provoke Richard in Chapter Thirty-Nine?

3. According to Vanessa in Chapter Thirty, what did she pretend to be?

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

5. What does Vanessa accidentally break during the party in Chapter Twenty-Eight?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Vanessa learn about the cake topper in Twenty-Five?

4. What is the worst of Richard’s cruelties, and how does Vanessa discover it in Chapter Thirty-Four?

5. According to Emma in Chapter Thirty-Six, what has convinced her that Vanessa is telling the truth?

6. What happens to Vanessa in Chapter Twenty-Seven? What is the cause of this situation?

7. What happens to Vanessa’s notebook, as revealed in Chapter Thirty-Five?

8. How does Vanessa compare Maggie and Emma in in Chapter Twenty-Four? What does she resolve to do?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Vanessa’s contradictory characteristics. In what ways is she a principled person? In what ways is she unprincipled? Ultimately, is she a good person or a bad one?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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