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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 event is held in Chapter Seven?
(a) Their rehearsal dinner.
(b) Nellie’s bachelorette party.
(c) Richard's bachelor party.
(d) Nellie’s bridal shower.

2. According to Richard in Chapter Fifteen, how did he pay his way through college?
(a) By working at a bar.
(b) By working at a law firm.
(c) By working at a golf club.
(d) By working at a bowling alley.

3. What does Nellie teach, as explained in Chapter Three?
(a) First Grade.
(b) Second Grade.
(c) Preschool.
(d) Kindergarten.

4. What is the name of the restaurant where Vanessa goes at the end of Chapter Twelve?
(a) Rosella.
(b) Frevo.
(c) Sfoglia.
(d) Le Bernardin.

5. What does Nellie give to Richard’s sister in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) A frame.
(b) A purse.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What piece of jewelry is among the contents of the package Vanessa receives in Chapter Twelve?

2. According to Richard in Chapter Seven, what is the one thing he can never forgive?

3. Where is Richard as Chapter Nine begins?

4. Where does the narrator in Chapter Two work?

5. What group harasses Nellie in Chapter Eleven?

Short Essay Questions

1. What accident happens in Chapter Twenty-Three? What does Vanessa learn as a result?

2. What does Richard’s neighbor tell Nellie in Chapter Nine?

3. How does Nellie feel about Richard? How do others feel about Richard, as revealed in Chapter One?

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

5. What does Richard give Vanessa in Chapter Twenty-Two? Why?

6. What odd occurrence happens to Vanessa while home alone in Chapter Twenty-One?

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

8. Who is Richard’s fiancée and how did they meet, as revealed in Chapter Nineteen?

9. Who is Maureen? What happens when Nellie meets her for the first time in Chapter Thirteen?

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

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