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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 happens to Frances in Chapter 22 at the bus shelter at college?

2. What does Bobbi do when she comes outside to calm Frances down in Chapter 17?

3. What compliment does Evelyn give to Nick in Chapter 21 at Melissa's book launch?

4. What does Frances feel a particular connection to Nick over in Chapter 21?

5. In Chapter 21, what does Frances tell Nick about that she was never able to tell Bobbi about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Frances do in Chapter 20 several times to try to make sense of her past communications with Bobbi?

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

4. In Chapter 14, why is Frances so grateful that Bobbi buys her an ice cream?

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

6. What does Frances tell Nick she is upset about in their relationship in Chapter 14, and how does he respond?

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

8. In Chapter 13, what does Bobbi ask Melissa not to call her and Frances?

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

10. At the end of Chapter 15, what is Frances so upset about regarding her relationship with Nick?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a significant age difference between Bobbi and Frances and Melissa and Nick, so much so that Frances's mother comments that it is strange that people so much older than Frances are interested in befriending her. How do you think the age difference between the two sets of friends affects their relationship? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Sally Rooney makes an unusual choice in writing a book with so much dialogue and no quotation marks signaling the dialogue. Write an essay analyzing Rooney's stylistic and structural choices in this novel regarding dialogue.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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