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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 Vanessa begin to hate about her home in Chapter Twenty-Six?
2. With what does Vanessa provoke Richard in Chapter Thirty-Nine?
3. What is the culminating event of the initiation ritual, as explained in Chapter Twenty-Four?
4. What does Richard do to Vanessa in Chapter Thirty-Nine?
5. According to Maureen in Chapter Forty, who had actually purchased the cake topper?
Short Essay Questions
1. What confessions does Vanessa make to Emma in Chapter Thirty-Six? How does Emma respond?
2. What does Vanessa learn about the cake topper in Twenty-Five?
3. What tragedy occurs during the Chi Omega initiation ritual, as revealed in Chapter Twenty-Four?
4. What is Furry Paws and why does the owner call Vanessa in Chapter Thirty-Four?
5. What happens to Vanessa in Chapter Twenty-Seven? What is the cause of this situation?
6. What does Vanessa send to Emma in Chapter Thirty-Three? Why?
7. Why does Vanessa visit Richard’s office in Chapter Thirty-Two? What does she do there?
8. According to Emma in Chapter Thirty-Six, what has convinced her that Vanessa is telling the truth?
9. For what does Richard accept blame in Chapter Thirty-Five? What changes does he say must be made?
10. Where does Vanessa confront Richard in Chapter Thirty-Nine? What happens?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the theme of identity in The Wife Between Us.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay defining regret from the Vanessa’s perspective. Why does Vanessa experience a sense of regret? How do the choices she makes in the present day reflect these values?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using shifting perspectives for the first part of the novel. How is the reader’s perception of the protagonist affected by this technique? How would the novel change if the story was told through a single perspective?
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