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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 Melissa want to do when she and Michael get home from the party in Chapter 1?
2. What does Michael do for a living?
3. Which girlfriend of his father's does Damian remember fondly from his childhood?
4. What is the name of the cosmetics shop Melissa and Hazel go to?
5. What car do Melissa and Michael arrive in?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Blake do in Chapter 5 that makes Melissa uneasy in their house as she is changing him?
2. What tragic event from the Civil Rights era does the image of the Obama children from the 2008 U.S. presidential election evoke for Evans' characters in London?
3. What is Melissa and Michael's address and why is this significant?
4. Why does Mrs. Jackson need help in Chapter 3?
5. What large project does the former occupant of Melissa and Michael's house undertake just before his marriage falls apart?
6. What was Michael hoping would happen to revitalize his and Melissa's relationship after the Wiley's party in Chapter 1?
7. Why does Melissa want to try to deliver her second baby in the way she chooses?
8. Before having her second child, where did Melissa work and what did she do?
9. Why had Michael's relationship with Gillian not worked out?
10. How do Melissa and Michael know the Wiley brothers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay comparing and contrasting the problems in Michael's and Melissa's relationship with the problems in Damian's and Stephanie's relationship.
Essay Topic 2
What is the significance of the disclosure by the musician Jill Scott in Chapter 7, an artist both Michael and Melissa like from the early days of their relationship, that she has recently gotten divorced? Write an essay explaining your answer.
Essay Topic 3
How do the origins and early days of Melissa's and Michael's relationship, and the dynamics therein, predict some of the problems the two experience much later on? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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