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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. What information does the narrator learn about her ex-husband in Chapter Two?
(a) He is dating.
(b) He is engaged.
(c) He is married.
(d) He is single.

2. What is the name of Vanessa’s boss, as revealed in Chapter Four?
(a) Lucille.
(b) Lydia.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Lillian.

3. What is the name of the narrator’s ex-husband, as revealed in the opening of the novel?
(a) Richard.
(b) Robert.
(c) Roger.
(d) Rupert.

4. Whom does Vanessa call at the end of Chapter Four?
(a) Richard's sister.
(b) Richard's fiancée.
(c) Richard's boss.
(d) Richard.

5. What weapon of self-defense does Nellie keep in her room, as revealed in Chapter One?
(a) A can of mace.
(b) A taser.
(c) A baseball bat.
(d) A revolver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what cancellation does Nellie become aware in Chapter Eleven?

2. What sleep disorder did Nellie develop during her senior year of college, as revealed in Chapter One?

3. What is wrong with Charlotte in Chapter Ten?

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

5. In the prologue, how does the narrator describe the woman she is following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What shocking information is revealed to the reader in Chapter Eighteen?

2. Who is Richard? What does the reader learn about him in Chapter One?

3. What does the reader learn about Nellie in Chapter One?

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

5. Why does Richard become angry at Nellie in Chapter Seven? What happens as a result?

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

7. What worries Vanessa in Chapter Four? What does she vow to do?

8. What happens to Vanessa in Chapter Fourteen? Where does she go, and what happens there?

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

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

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