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

2. What secret thought does Newland keep during the dinner?
(a) He must have been mad to consider leaving May
(b) He is desperately unhappy now that Ellen is leaving
(c) He is content in his new home
(d) Nothing can prevent him from following Ellen to Europe

3. Where is Newland surprised to see Ellen?
(a) At the train station
(b) At the hotel gift shop
(c) In a cafe
(d) Sitting on a bench

4. What is the content of a message Newland receives from May?
(a) Mrs. Mingott had a stroke
(b) She has broken her leg
(c) The maid just quit
(d) She wants him to make dinner reservations

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years have passed since the last chapter?

2. Why is Newland excluded from many family conversations?

3. What does Newland hear about the business trip the next day at the office?

4. What does Newland tell May to get her to leave with him during the opera?

5. What does Ellen tell Newland?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What topic of conversation do Newland and Ellen inevitably discuss?

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

4. What is the news that finally thwarts Newland and Ellen's ever being together?

5. What event occurs to alter Newland's Washington travel plans?

6. What is Newland's reaction when Ellen tells him they cannot run away together?

7. What is the family's continuing perception of Ellen?

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

9. What was Newland's plan for running away with Ellen?

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

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