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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 Bobbi do when she comes outside to calm Frances down in Chapter 17?

2. What does Bobbi accuse Frances of doing more of with Nick than with her in Chapter 19?

3. What is the documentary Nick is featured in as a child that Frances watches in Chapter 19?

4. What does Frances ask Nick to do in Chapter 20 when he gets home from France?

5. Why does Bobbi tell Frances she thinks it is possible to love more than one person at a time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What very personal information does Nick share with Frances in Chapter 14?

2. In Chapter 15, what does Melissa ask Frances as they are both waiting to use the bathroom?

3. What information does Bobbi accidentally reveal to Phillip in Chapter 22?

4. What does Bobbi tell Frances about Nick's childhood during their car journey in Chapter 13?

5. What does Frances find when she visits her father's house in Chapter 19?

6. What does Frances find herself reading instead of her academic assignments in the beginning of Chapter 19?

7. What does Frances tell Nick about her father in Chapter 14?

8. What does Nick tell Frances he thinks about people who like Yeats in Chapter 22?

9. What does Melissa ask Nick to do with Bobbi and Frances in the beginning of Chapter 13?

10. In Chapter 21, what does Frances do at Melissa's book launch that makes Bobbi so angry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At Frances's internship at the publishing agency, her supervisor Sunny seems interested in helping her in her career path, but Frances never really takes Sunny up on her offers to help Frances professionally. Write an essay analyzing why you think Frances fails to take advantage of the help and opportunities Sunny offers her.

Essay Topic 2

Bobbi and Frances have very different feelings and impressions of Melissa after they first meet her. Write an essay comparing and contrasting Bobbi's and Frances's feelings towards Melissa in the beginning of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring Frances's use of social media, email, and instant messaging to communicate with the people she cares most about. Why do you think she chooses more impersonal and detached forms of communication rather than calling or talking face-to-face?

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