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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 message had been sent for Olivia?

2. What animal did the bed in Malcolm's mother's room resemble?

3. What did Malcolm's mother represent?

4. What uniforms did Olivia find in the attic?

5. What was Olivia not to discuss at the table?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Olivia's nervousness affect her?

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

4. What kinds of things did Olivia find in the attic?

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

6. What news came by way of Malcolm to Olivia?

7. What did Malcolm do that upset and embarrassed Olivia?

8. How did Malcolm react to the news that Olivia couldn't have any more children after Joel?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the high society people who attend Malcolm's parties. How do they treat Olivia? Suggest reasons for this treatment. How does this same society react to Corinne?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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