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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 Sam lose in Chapter Fifteen?
2. What good luck charm does Vanessa remember Richard giving her in Chapter Eight?
3. What weapon of self-defense does Nellie keep in her room, as revealed in Chapter One?
4. Who will be Nellie’s maid of honor, as revealed in Chapter Thirteen?
5. What does Nellie decide to do at the end of Chapter Nine?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Richard become angry at Nellie in Chapter Seven? What happens as a result?
2. What accident happens in Chapter Twenty-Three? What does Vanessa learn as a result?
3. What happens to Vanessa in Chapter Fourteen? Where does she go, and what happens there?
4. What shocking information is revealed to the reader in Chapter Eighteen?
5. What does the reader learn about Vanessa in Chapter Sixteen? Why is this surprising?
6. What worries Vanessa in Chapter Four? What does she vow to do?
7. What wedding gift does Richard give Nellie in Chapter Five? How does Nellie feel about this gift?
8. According to Charlotte in Chapter Twenty, how did Vanessa start to change after marrying Richard?
9. What does Vanessa remember about her mother in Chapter Ten? How does she compare herself to her mother?
10. What package does Vanessa receive in Chapter Twelve? What does she think about this package?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does The Wife Between Us illustrate the theme of secrecy? Use textual evidence to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 2
Does the end justify the means? How does the novel answer this question? How would Vanessa answer this question? How would Emma? What about other characters, such as Maureen and Richard?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast Vanessa and Emma. How are they similar, and how are they different? Support your answers with examples from the text.
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