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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ellen's family now consider her?

3. How does Ellen react when Newland kisses her palm?

4. Who requests Newland to visit a few days later?

5. Who offers to pick Ellen up at the station?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Newland find Ellen in Boston?

3. How does Newland once again raise May's suspicions about his intentions with Ellen?

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

5. What is Mr. Riviere's opinion about Ellen returning to her husband?

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

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

8. How does the author show that Newland and May are settling into a boring, routine marriage.

9. What ironic twist occurs just as Newland is about to admit his feelings for Ellen to May?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Ellen's arrival into the scene so controversial? Why does she make the others so uncomfortable?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Newland choose not to visit Ellen at the end of the story? What is the significance of the blinds on Ellen's apartment shutting as Newland watches the window from below? What is Newland's mood as the story ends?

Essay Topic 3

What does Newland consider his role to be as May's new husband? Why?

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