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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. When does Vanessa again see Maggie’s older brother, as revealed in Chapter Twenty-Nine?
2. What does Richard want from Vanessa in Chapter Forty?
3. What is the name of the animal shelter where Maggie worked, as revealed in Chapter Thirty-Four?
4. What position did Vanessa hold in her sorority, as revealed in Chapter Twenty-Seven?
5. Where does Vanessa stay in Chapter Twenty-Five?
Short Essay Questions
1. What tragedy occurs during the Chi Omega initiation ritual, as revealed in Chapter Twenty-Four?
2. What is Furry Paws and why does the owner call Vanessa in Chapter Thirty-Four?
3. How does Vanessa compare Maggie and Emma in in Chapter Twenty-Four? What does she resolve to do?
4. What is the importance of the black Moleskine notebook, as revealed in Chapter Thirty?
5. What happens when Vanessa tries to confront Daniel in Chapter Twenty-Four? What does she learn?
6. How does Vanessa contact Emma in Chapter Thirty? How does Vanessa feel she has wronged her?
7. What does Vanessa send to Emma in Chapter Thirty-Three? Why?
8. What confessions does Vanessa make to Emma in Chapter Thirty-Six? How does Emma respond?
9. Who is Kate? What does the reader learn about her in Chapter Forty-One?
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 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 2
Discuss the influence Vanessa’s mother has on her character and on the novel as a whole.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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