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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 Nellie teach, as explained in Chapter Three?

2. What is Nellie doing in Chapter Seventeen?

3. What is the profession of the man with whom Vanessa became pregnant in college, as revealed in Chapter Twenty-One?

4. According to Nellie in Chapter Seven, when is she due to marry Richard?

5. How does Nellie feel at the fancy restaurant in Chapter Thirteen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What problem does Nellie encounter with her wedding in Chapter Eleven?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Vanessa finds herself involved in several conflicts over the course of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the novel and on the other characters.

Essay Topic 2

Appearances in The Wife Between Us can be deceiving. How do appearances differ from reality in this novel? Discuss three characters, objects, or situations and how this idea applies to each.

Essay Topic 3

Obsession is a major theme of The Wife Between Us. Choose three situations in which this theme is illustrated. Explain how each situation illustrates obsession, and evaluate what the authors are trying to say about this subject.

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