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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 Newland discover during the honeymoon?
(a) He wants the marriage annulled
(b) He is madly in love with his new wife
(c) He is disappointed in May
(d) He has to get used to being married

2. What surprising news does May have for Newland?
(a) She is pregnant
(b) She has already filed for divorce
(c) She is leaving him
(d) She wants to redecorate the house

3. What decision does Newland make?
(a) To buy two horses
(b) To stop seeing Ellen
(c) To go to Boston the next day
(d) To divorce May

4. What does Newland tell Ellen?
(a) He has started her divorce proceedings
(b) He is leaving May
(c) He has bought another horse
(d) He had made plans to travel to Washington to see her

5. What does Ellen tell Newland?
(a) Her husband has offered her money to return
(b) She is in love with someone new
(c) She is pregnant
(d) Her husband wants a divorce immediately

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Ellen been living?

2. Where will Ellen's train arrive?

3. What does Newland convince Ellen to do?

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

5. What does Newland understand after his conversation with Mrs. Mingott?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Newland miss an opportunity to talk to Ellen while at Newport?

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

3. How does Newland respond while traveling in Europe and receiving an invitation to visit Ellen at her home?

4. How does May catch Newland in another deceit about his relationship with Ellen?

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

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

7. Why is May hesitant about attending a dinner party while on the honeymoon trip in Europe?

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

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

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

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