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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ralph decide to continue with plans to marry Catherine?
(a) He thinks she is beautiful.
(b) She intrigues him.
(c) He is too lonesome and desperate.
(d) She saved his life.

2. Ralph's mother could best be described as ________________________.
(a) Religiously domineering.
(b) Insane and frantic.
(c) Patient and kind.
(d) Docile and shy.

3. What does Catherine constantly imagine herself doing?
(a) Skiing.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Drinking.

4. What question does Antonio ask Catherine when he stops at her table?
(a) If she will have dinner with him.
(b) If she would go to the opera with him.
(c) If she is in mourning.
(d) If she liked his music.

5. Who are the Pinkerton agents with whom Catherine meets?
(a) Malloy and Fewsmith.
(b) Malloy and Fisk.
(c) Mallory and Fenton.
(d) Morton and Fisk.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ralph express his longing for Catherine?

2. When confronted by Catherine and the private detectives, what does Antonio say his name is?

3. Why is Ralph surprised by Catherine's appearance?

4. What is Ralph's condition when they arrive home?

5. What does Antonio do after he eats his meal?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the theme of isolation repeated as Catherine takes note of her new surroundings?

2. What are Truitt's thoughts about Antonio even though he and the boy hated each other years ago?

3. What is Ralph Truitt doing as the novel begins?

4. How does Catherine maintain a low profile in St. Louis even though she is excited by being in the city?

5. What significance does the loss of Catherine's jewelry serve symbolically and as an element of foreshadowing?

6. What lie does Catherine tell about about her father as she is tending to Ralph's head wound?

7. Describe the carriage accident in which Ralph is hurt.

8. What is the significance of Truitt's mother stabbing him with a needle and then the resulting scar that reminds him of the act?

9. What do the secret garden and the Italian house symbolize?

10. What is the significance of the canary that Catherine purchases?

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