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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 Newland do after breakfast?

2. Why does Mrs. Mingott know that Newland is on her side?

3. Why does May not want to attend the event of #92?

4. Who does Newland think of before he goes to sleep?

5. Who is Mr. Riviere?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mr. Riviere's opinion about Ellen returning to her husband?

2. What happens when Newland picks up Ellen at the train station?

3. How does Newland once again raise May's suspicions about his intentions with Ellen?

4. What is the suspected cause of Mrs. Mingott's stroke?

5. How does Newland determine that he is kept out of many family discussions?

6. How does the author show that Newland and May are settling into a boring, routine marriage.

7. How do Newland and Ellen decide to manage their situation?

8. What is the state of Newland and May's marriage and family twenty-five-years after Ellen returns to Europe?

9. Why is May hesitant about attending a dinner party while on the honeymoon trip in Europe?

10. What deceitful behavior does Newland exhibit in Chapter 22?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Newland consider his role to be as May's new husband? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Newland choose not to visit Ellen at the end of the story? What is the significance of the blinds on Ellen's apartment shutting as Newland watches the window from below? What is Newland's mood as the story ends?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Newland think it is critical to announce his and May's engagement at the Beauforts' ball? What has happened to make the timing so critical? Does Ellen agree?

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