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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 were Malcolm's concerns when he saw his father's bride pregnant?

2. What name(s) was etched on the desks?

3. What had Garland and Malcolm been discussing?

4. What thought cheered Olivia when she had seen the small room where she was to work?

5. Where will Malcolm's father be sleeping?

Short Essay Questions

1. What both intrigued and dismayed Olivia about the library?

2. What comparisons do the household staff make in regards to Olivia and Alicia?

3. What were some of the major differences between Garland and Malcolm?

4. What was important about the dress that Olivia selected to wear at her wedding?

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

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

7. Why hadn't Malcolm taken a wife?

8. How did Olivia feel about meeting Malcolm and how did she feel once she had met him?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Christopher and Corinne are utilized to bring light into Foxworth Hall. What in their personalities could be suggested as 'light' and how would that be spread? Suggest reasons why other characters aren't utilized to shed light and warmth throughout the story.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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