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

2. What does Newland reason is the only way Ellen would return to her husband?
(a) If she felt tempted in any way by Newland
(b) If Newland and May were to separate
(c) If her husband came to get her himself
(d) If Ellen inherited Mrs. Mingot's fortune

3. What is Newland's real plan?
(a) To arrange a surprise party for May
(b) To find Ellen
(c) To buy a hostess gift for Mrs. Welland
(d) To order a new wardrobe

4. What is Mr. Riviere's belief about Ellen?
(a) She should return to the Count right away
(b) She is better off without her husband
(c) She is too naive to be married to the Count
(d) She is a manipulative woman

5. What do Newland and May do at the beginning of Chapter 24?
(a) Go to a museum
(b) Walk in the park
(c) Go to a matinee
(d) Have lunch

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprising news does May have for Newland?

2. What is Newland's decision about the horse?

3. What does Newland find when he reaches the house where Ellen is staying?

4. What is Ellen instructed to do?

5. What does Mr. Riviere tell Newland?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Ellen's unconventional behavior ultimately rationalized by friends and family?

2. What is the irony of Newland seeing Mr. Riviere when he returns to New York?

3. What is Newland's plan in spite of a big going away party for Ellen?

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

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

6. What two rumors about Julius Beaufort surface in Chapter 26?

7. What do Newland and Ellen agree to do while they are about to leave the art museum?

8. How does Newland find Ellen in Boston?

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

10. How does Newland continue behavior that shows he is still obsessed with Ellen?

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