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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. Two days after the tea, Joel receives an invitation to an event taking place on what day?

2. Where does Miles live?

3. What is the name of the character Joel plays during the skit?

4. What does Joel have for breakfast the morning after the tea?

5. How much money does Nat tell Joel he makes in a year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Stella give for why Miles is not attending the dinner and theater party?

2. Why do party goers look at Stella and Joel curiously when they are chatting at Stella's sister's home?

3. Why is Joel mortified the morning after the first Sunday he spends at the Calman house?

4. What does Joel tell Stella when she comes downstairs, while alone at her home?

5. How does Nat attempt to make Joel feel better the day after the tea at the Calman house?

6. Why does Joel start to think that putting on a skit is a bad idea?

7. Why do not Joel and Stella go to the nightclub after the show?

8. How does Stella react when she sees Joel calling her friends?

9. Why does Joel want the names of Stella's doctor or friends?

10. How does Joel come to realize that he fails to impress the crowd with his skit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the minor character Eva. What is her significance? Why is it important that she never speaks in the story? Given Eva's description--motherly, older, and wiser than Stella--why might Miles be attracted to her?

Essay Topic 2

Explore Joel's love for Stella. Does it seem sincere? What does he love about her? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Why is it important that Joel feels a sense of obligation to Miles? What does it say about Joel? What does it say about Miles? How does Joel try to undermine that sense of obligation?

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