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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 did Olivia's father buy her when she was a little girl?

2. What mountains were "looming like sleeping giants?"

3. How much money did Malcolm make in the stock market that day?

4. How did the people at Olivia's reception make her feel?

5. What was the dressmakers name?

Short Essay Questions

1. There are several rooms mentioned as Olivia is escorted through Foxworth Hall for the first time. What is significant about them?

2. What had Malcolm's mother done and what explanation did he offer for her behavior?

3. How did Garland speak of Malcolm in reference to his childhood?

4. In what way did Malcolm come on to Alicia?

5. What memory did Olivia have that made her feel claustrophobic?

6. How does Malcolm feel about marriage?

7. How did the guests make Olivia feel at her reception?

8. How did Mal's birth revive Olivia's hopes for love? What actually occurred?

9. What lived in the shadows of Malcolm Foxworth? How did this news affect Olivia?

10. What had Olivia been certain about in regards to the attic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although Malcolm knows that he is playing favorites by spoiling Corinne and not his boys, he refuses to treat the three children equally. What reasons might he have for this behavior, and what motivates it? How does his behavior influence Corinne?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Malcolm's frugal nature. When was his frugality forgotten and for what purpose? Explain how his stingy nature everywhere else in his life led Malcolm to financial success, and how beautiful women could be considered as his financial downfall or his vice.

Essay Topic 3

Malcolm makes every effort to ensure that Corinne never goes without, yet ignores both of his sons. Discuss why this might be. How does Malcolm view Corinne? In what way does he make allowances for her that he didn't make for Mal and Joel? How does she repay this favoritism?

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