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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. Why does Rosie rarely attend luncheons and teas?
(a) She does not understand the lectures.
(b) She has too many other things to do.
(c) She knows that she is not truly wanted.
(d) She is bored with them.

2. What does Rosie do as Ted writes at night?
(a) Paints.
(b) Sculpts.
(c) Goes out with her friends.
(d) Sews.

3. What does Ted seem to be doing?
(a) Getting ready to divorce Rosie.
(b) Getting ready to snatch a piece of fame.
(c) William has no sense about it.
(d) Broadening his horizons.

4. Who is Mrs. Hudson?
(a) A friend of Ted and Rosie.
(b) William's first landlady.
(c) A friend of his aunt and uncle.
(d) The next-door neighbor where Williams lives.

5. What surname does Rosie and George take when they come to America?
(a) Dangerfield.
(b) Kemper.
(c) Smith.
(d) Iggulden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Roy and Amy deplore?

2. How does Rosie keep in touch with Blackstable?

3. What happens to Kemp's business deal?

4. With what motif is William's old room decorated?

5. What makes William weak in the knees?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Isabel Trafford.

2. Describe the Driffields's neighborhood and home.

3. Who are a couple other regulars at the Driffields' parties?

4. Describe the scene where William is talking to Hillier about painting Rosie.

5. What does William think about the House of Lords and how he would assign rank within literature?

6. When William visits her in Yonkers, what does Rosie reveal about her marriage to Ted and a child they had?

7. Describe the motel in which William takes a room when he comes to share memories about Ted with Roy and Amy .

8. What novel does Ted publish which is a ruthlessly unsentimental tale dealing with a child's death, and what is the public's response to the novel?

9. What are a couple things William discovers about Rosie?

10. What do Roy, Amy and William do when William arrives at Amy's home?

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