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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 seemed to be happening to Garland?

2. What did doctors dub this neckline?

3. What did Alicia name her son?

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

5. How did Malcolm feel about musicians?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Olivia's father encourage her to go to business school?

3. How did Olivia feel when she had awakened?

4. How does Malcolm feel about marriage?

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

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

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

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

9. What had Olivia done for her wedding night, and what did she expect?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the deaths of Mal and Joel. What possible reasons might the author have had for killing them both off? How did their deaths affect the final outcome of the story, if at all?

Essay Topic 2

How did Olivia deal with Malcolm's betrayal when he impregnated Alicia? How had she found the perfect solution that would allow everyone to save face and yet allow herself to remain in complete control of everyone? What events precipitated these actions?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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