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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. How old is Evelyn in 1974, as revealed in Chapter 39?

2. What is Luisa shocked to learn about Evelyn?

3. What does Evelyn send to Celia following her Academy Award win?

4. With what disease has Celia been diagnosed, as revealed in Chapter 55?

5. What does Evelyn become at the end of Chapter 32?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Luisa and how does she impact Evelyn’s self-image in Chapter 31?

2. How does Celia feel about Evelyn’s desire to have a baby, as explained in Chapter 40?

3. Whom does Evelyn marry in Chapter 30? Why?

4. What does Evelyn give to Monique in Chapter 65?

5. What secret does Evelyn reveal to Monique in Chapter 64? What does Monique realize?

6. What does Evelyn achieve in Chapter 32? How does she achieve this?

7. What personal information does Evelyn reveal to Monique in Chapter 66?

8. What plan does Celia want to Evelyn to undertake in Chapter 55?

9. What shocking news does Celia reveal in Chapter 55?

10. What does Monique suspect in Chapter 68? Why does she not act on her suspicions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using the first-person perspective. How does viewing the action through a first-person perspective affect the story? How would the novel change if the story was told through the third person?

Essay Topic 3

What do you think the future has in store for Monique after the close of the novel? Predict Monique’s future based on her thoughts and actions over the course of the novel as well as the growth she experiences at the end.

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