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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Newland think of his fiancee, May Welland?
(a) She is brilliant
(b) She is cunning and manipulative
(c) She is dull
(d) She is beautiful and innocent

2. What does Newland tell Ellen about May?
(a) She is inviting Ellen to the wedding
(b) She is still in Florida
(c) That May thinks Newland is in love with someone else
(d) She is having her wedding dress custom designed

3. Why is Ellen's family pleased with Newland?
(a) He helped Ellen find a house
(b) He has convinced Ellen to drop the divorce
(c) He helped Ellen with her finances
(d) He sends flowers to Ellen

4. What does Newland ask Mrs. Mingott to do?
(a) Convince the Wellands to let Newland and May marry soon
(b) Convince the family to allow Ellen to divorce her husband
(c) Host a party for the Wellands
(d) Give him advice about Ellen

5. What type of flowers does Newland send Ellen?
(a) Blue hydrangeas
(b) Yellow roses
(c) Pink carnations
(d) Purple hyacinths

6. Why do the Wellands choose the location for their vacation?
(a) The air is beneficial for Mr. Welland's health
(b) They keep horses there
(c) They have a vineyard there
(d) They have an estate there

7. What do Newland and May do at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Take a walk in the park
(b) Plan their honeymoon
(c) Go to the theater
(d) Take dancing lessons

8. What does the telegram say?
(a) The Wellands have agreed to let May marry Newland soon
(b) The Wellands are returning from their vacation earlier than expected
(c) The Wellands have invited Ellen to visit them in Florida
(d) The Wellands want May to break her engagement to Newland

9. What frustrates Newland about May?
(a) She has a grating laugh
(b) She always relies on the opinions of her parents or him
(c) She bites her nails
(d) She wants a bigger engagement ring

10. What does Newland search for the next morning but cannot find?
(a) Yellow roses
(b) White roses
(c) Pink roses
(d) Red roses

11. What is the popular rumor already in existence about Ellen?
(a) She ran off with her husband's secretary
(b) She had a sexually transmitted disease
(c) She used to work in burlesque
(d) She had an illegitimate child

12. What is Newland told when he arrives at Ellen's house?
(a) She has another visitor
(b) She is out and will return soon
(c) She is ill
(d) She went to the theater

13. What does Newland do when he sees that Ellen already has a visitor?
(a) Invites them to dinner
(b) Gives them a ride in his carriage
(c) Joins them for tea
(d) Leaves them alone

14. What is Skuytercliff?
(a) Julius Beaufort's yacht
(b) A resort area
(c) The van der Luyden's country estate
(d) The Welland family estate

15. What is the opera being produced as the story begins?
(a) Aida
(b) Madame Butterfly
(c) Faust
(d) Oberto

Short Answer Questions

1. What angers Newland when he arrives at the answer to #43?

2. How does May react to Newland's request?

3. Why does Mrs. Mingott not leave her house?

4. Ellen's aunt tells her that someone has sent her ______________________.

5. What does Newland consider his job to be regarding May?

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