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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 has Monique’s mother sent to her in Chapter 7?

2. How old is Evelyn when her first marriage ends?

3. What demand does Frankie make in Chapter 22?

4. Which of Evelyn’s films does Monique watch in Chapter 2?

5. Whom does Evelyn plan to marry in Chapter 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Evelyn give to Monique in Chapter 3?

2. According to Evelyn in Chapter 17, what is true intimacy? What is it not?

3. How is Evelyn Hugo born in Chapter 7?

4. How does Evelyn plan to manipulate the tabloids in Chapter 27? What rumor does she want to debunk?

5. What does Monique learn in Chapter 7?

6. According to Evelyn in Chapter 5, why is she ready to share her story now?

7. How does Evelyn define divorce in Chapter 22? According to Evelyn, what is divorce and what is it not?

8. What does Evelyn learn about Celia in Chapter 17?

9. What do readers learn about Monique’s personal life in Chapter 2?

10. What are the terms of Evelyn’s divorce from Don Adler in Chapter 21?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evelyn finds herself involved in several conflicts over the course of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the novel and on the other characters.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss marriage and divorce and the role each plays, both for Evelyn individually, for her career, and for Hollywood as a whole.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay defining regret from the Evelyn’s perspective. Does Evelyn experience a sense of regret? What does it mean to feel regret, according to Evelyn? How do the choices she makes reflect these values?

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