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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. Who chased Maggie shortly before her death, as revealed in Chapter Twenty-Seven?

2. Who is with Emma in Chapter Thirty-Nine?

3. Where does Vanessa stay in Chapter Twenty-Five?

4. What position did Vanessa hold in her sorority, as revealed in Chapter Twenty-Seven?

5. With what does Vanessa hit Richard in Chapter Thirty-Nine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Vanessa confront Richard in Chapter Thirty-Nine? What happens?

2. What happens when Vanessa tries to confront Daniel in Chapter Twenty-Four? What does she learn?

3. How did fraternity boys play a role in Maggie’s death, as revealed in Chapter Twenty-Seven?

4. What does Vanessa plan to do with Richard’s money, as explained in Chapter Thirty-Three?

5. Who is Kate? What does the reader learn about her in Chapter Forty-One?

6. What tragedy occurs during the Chi Omega initiation ritual, as revealed in Chapter Twenty-Four?

7. What does Richard tell Vanessa in Chapter Forty? How does Vanessa respond?

8. What does the reader learn about Emma in the novel’s epilogue?

9. What confessions does Vanessa make to Emma in Chapter Thirty-Six? How does Emma respond?

10. What does Vanessa send to Emma in Chapter Thirty-Three? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The antagonist of a novel is a character or force who works in opposition to the protagonist. Who is the antagonist of the novel? Richard? Emma? Jason? Vanessa herself? What do you think? Make a case for that which you believe best fits the criteria of an antagonist in The Wife Between Us.

Essay Topic 2

Vanessa experiences great change over the course of the novel. In what ways does she change and in what ways does she remain the same? By the novel’s end, is she better for these changes? What makes you say this? Explain your opinion using examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the symbol of the cake topper in The Wife Between Us. How does it represent Richard and his relationship with Vanessa? How does it symbolize the novel’s themes and conflicts? How does it change in meaning over the course of the novel?

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