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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. In Chapter Thirty-Seven, Vanessa fears that Emma will be persuaded by what?

2. Whom does Vanessa call in Chapter Thirty-Eight?

3. What does Vanessa purchase at the start of Chapter Thirty-Eight?

4. What does Maggie’s older brother do in the wake of Maggie’s death, as revealed in Chapter Twenty-Nine?

5. When does Vanessa again see Maggie’s older brother, as revealed in Chapter Twenty-Nine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maureen tell Vanessa in Chapter Forty?

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

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

4. Whom does Vanessa contact in Chapter Thirty-Eight? What does she learn?

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

6. Why is Richard angry at Vanessa at the end of Chapter Twenty-Five? How does Vanessa respond?

7. What secret has Vanessa been keeping from Richard in Chapter Twenty-Eight?

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

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

10. How does Vanessa contact Emma in Chapter Thirty? How does Vanessa feel she has wronged her?

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

What do you think the future has in store for Vanessa after the close of the novel? Predict Vanessa’s future based on her thoughts and actions over the course of the novel as well as the growth she experiences by the end.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the importance of Maggie to the novel. Despite the fact that she is not physically present in the novel, she has a powerful impact on Vanessa and her development over the course of the novel. Discuss the impact of Maggie on Vanessa as well as on the novel’s plot and themes.

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