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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ellen react when Newland kisses her palm?
(a) She moves away
(b) She tells him to stop
(c) She kisses his cheek
(d) She blushes

2. What decision does Newland make regarding his travel plans?
(a) He cancels them
(b) He changes them to a new date
(c) He revises them to include May
(d) He decides to keep them

3. What is Newland's response to Ellen's statement about their relationship?
(a) He is instantly angry
(b) He understands but is heartbroken
(c) He cannot understand why she feels the way she does
(d) He wants to go far away so they can be together

4. What does Newland find when he reaches the house where Ellen is staying?
(a) She will not see him
(b) She has gone to Boston on a business matter
(c) She is at the beach for the afternoon
(d) She is in bed with a migraine

5. Who is it rumored will soon lose all his money?
(a) Mr. van der Luyden
(b) Julius Beaufort
(c) Andrew Carnegie
(d) John D. Rockefeller

6. How did Newland plan to inform May of his plan?
(a) Talk to her over dinner
(b) Send her a long letter
(c) Talk to her before going to bed
(d) Leave her a note

7. What does Ellen receive while in Washington?
(a) A telegram
(b) A divorce decree
(c) Yellow roses
(d) A birthday card

8. What do Newland and Ellen agree to do?
(a) Meet the day after next for a romantic encounter
(b) Never see each other again
(c) Run away to France together
(d) Reveal their deception to May

9. Why is Newland excluded from many family conversations?
(a) He does not like gossip
(b) He is insensitive
(c) He has no patience for them
(d) He is on Ellen's side

10. What does May tell Newland when he mentions Ellen?
(a) Ellen would never hurt her
(b) Newland will come to his senses in time
(c) He and Ellen can rot
(d) Ellen is returning to Europe

11. Who does Mr. Jackson insinuate has been supporting Ellen?
(a) Julius Beaufort
(b) Mr. Welland
(c) Mr. van der Luyden
(d) Newland

12. How did May die?
(a) A heart attack
(b) Nursing Bill during a bout of pneumonia
(c) A car accident
(d) Diabetic complications

13. Why does Mrs. Mingott know that Newland is on her side?
(a) They are both conservative Republicans
(b) They are the only ones in the family with any business sense
(c) His name is never mentioned in the family arguments
(d) He has always been extra attentive to her

14. What does Ellen tell Newland about their relationship?
(a) She will not have an affair with him and hurt May
(b) She is considering having an affair with him
(c) She wants to make her husband jealous
(d) She wants him no matter who gets hurt

15. Where have the Wellands gone at the beginning of Chapter 22?
(a) To the beach
(b) To the opera
(c) To a luncheon
(d) To church

Short Answer Questions

1. To what have Newland and May been invited?

2. Who is having dinner with Mrs. Archer, Janey, Newland and May?

3. What surprising news does May have for Newland?

4. Which of the following is not a name of Newland and May's children?

5. Where do Newland and Ellen agree to meet the next day?

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