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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. To whom is Dallas engaged to be married?

2. What is the topic of conversation at dinner?

3. What do Newland and May do at the beginning of Chapter 24?

4. What is the source of Mrs. Mingott's illness?

5. What decision does Newland make regarding his travel plans?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the suspected cause of Mrs. Mingott's stroke?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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