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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 Alice tell Felix about Eileen?

2. What does Alice tell Felix about Simon that surprises Felix?

3. How does Eileen feel about going to church with Simon?

4. Who was Simon's girlfriend in Paris?

5. Where does Eileen go after her night out in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprises Felix about the house Alice is renting?

2. In Chapter 9, how does Alice describe Eileen to Felix?

3. In Chapter 10, why does Alice tell Eileen she does not really read contemporary novels anymore?

4. In Chapter 8, why is Eileen worried about Alice going to Rome?

5. How does Eileen characterize Simon's current girlfriend Caroline?

6. What does Felix tell Alice is the worst thing he ever did?

7. How does Felix's and Alice's night end in Chapter 1?

8. How do Felix and Alice initially meet?

9. In Chapter 2, what is the setting for a type of epiphany Alice has that she tells Eileen about in her email?

10. What does Felix think when Alice says Simon is quite religious?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the causes of Eileen's difficult relationship with her sister Lola? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What does Eileen's and Simon's pregnancy seem to portend for those characters in the end of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How is Eileen coping with her breakup from Aidan, and how does the reader know this? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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