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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Vanessa call for help in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Maureen.
(b) Sam.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Lucille.

2. Why does Richard get angry with Vanessa in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) She does not answer her phone.
(b) She has too much to drink.
(c) She is late to dinner.
(d) She is talking with a strange man.

3. What is wrong with Charlotte in Chapter Ten?
(a) She fell.
(b) She has arthritis.
(c) She has the flu.
(d) She has an awful headache.

4. What secret is Richard shocked to learn in Chapter Eight?
(a) That Vanessa was arrested before.
(b) That Vanessa was pregnant before.
(c) That Vanessa was married before.
(d) That Vanessa was engaged before.

5. What does Vanessa fear about Richard’s fiancée in Chapter Eight?
(a) That she is naive.
(b) That she is pregnant.
(c) That she is pretty.
(d) That she is weak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wedding present does Richard give Nellie in Chapter Five?

2. What is Vanessa’s natural hair color, as revealed in Chapter Sixteen?

3. According to Richard in Chapter Fifteen, what did he think of upon first seeing Nellie?

4. Who kisses Nellie against her wishes in Chapter Seven?

5. How does Vanessa plan to contact Richard’s fiancée in Chapter Twenty-Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. What package does Vanessa receive in Chapter Twelve? What does she think about this package?

2. What information is revealed to Richard in Chapter Eight? How does he learn this information, and how does he react?

3. How does Vanessa’s life change after her marriage to Richard in Chapter Six?

4. According to Charlotte in Chapter Twenty, how did Vanessa start to change after marrying Richard?

5. What problem do Nellie and Sam encounter in Chapter Fifteen? How is this problem solved?

6. According to Vanessa in Chapter Four, how was she a bad wife to Richard?

7. What happens to Nellie while she is waitressing in Chapter Eleven, and how does she react?

8. Where does Vanessa work? What happens to her at work in Chapter Two?

9. Who is Daniel Barton? What does the reader learn about him in Chapter Twenty-One?

10. What wedding gift does Richard give Nellie in Chapter Five? How does Nellie feel about this gift?

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