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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 Evelyn throw at Mick at the end of Chapter 28?

2. What cultural event does Evelyn watch in Chapter 37?

3. How old is Connor when her father dies?

4. According to Evelyn in Chapter 46, why does her relationship with Celia fail?

5. To what country does Celia want to move with Evelyn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What shocking news does Evelyn receive in Chapter 29? How does Celia react to this news?

2. What does Evelyn realize about her new husband in Chapter 52? How does she feel about this understanding?

3. How does Evelyn begin to reconnect with Celia in Chapter 53?

4. How does John Braverman die, and how does Harry react in Chapter 47?

5. Why do Celia and Evelyn frequently argue, as Evelyn explains in Chapter 37?

6. How does Harry die in Chapter 56? How is Evelyn involved in his death?

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

8. How does Evelyn spend her time following the death of Celia, as explained in Chapter 62? What ends her routine?

9. What film does Celia want Evelyn to film in Chapter 41? Why?

10. How does Evelyn Hugo die, as revealed in Chapter 69? How old is she at her death?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Monique experiences great change over the course of the novel. In what ways does she change and in what ways does she remain the same? By the novel’s end, is she better for these changes? What makes you say this? Explain your opinion using examples from the text.

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