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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 Ellen ask of Newland?

2. Who does Newland run into when he returns to New York?

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

4. What do Newland and Ellen agree to do?

5. What does Newland not understand about Ellen's behavior?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Explain the nature of Newland's growing disappointment with his new wife.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Newland never break his engagement to May in order to be with Ellen? Is his sense of decorum too strong or is he perhaps afraid of what being with Ellen might actually be like? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

What is Mrs. Mingott's role in New York society? What are her eccentricities? Why does she wield so much power?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Newland impulsively leave for Florida to join May's family? What has prompted him to make the decision? Is this decision typical of his nature?

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