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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 does David's wife do when he hints at cheating on her during fights?

2. What is wrong with Monica's health?

3. What are Edith's two past times?

4. What is the tall, thin woman eating when Edith sees her at the cafe with the large glass windows?

5. What will happen if Monica doesn't give her husband what he wants?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Edith remember when she wrote the book that Iris is reading?

2. Why does Edith think that women get married?

3. Why does Edith close her eyes while sitting outside at the cafe downtown?

4. What is the problem with Monica's health?

5. Edith describes the time that she spent with David in Chapter 2. What does Edith say about this and how it always ends?

6. Describe how Mrs. Pusey was taken care of by her late husband?

7. Does Iris like Monica?

8. Why do you think that Edith doesn't defend herself to the unnamed man that mocks her for being a writer?

9. What does Edith think about the dynamics of the relationship between Iris and Jennifer Pusey?

10. What about the relationship between Iris and Jennifer is Edith jealous about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the symbolic significance of Edith writing "Returning" on her telegram?

Essay Topic 2

Talk about Edith's relationship with her own parents. Describe Edith's relationship with her mother. Why was it strained? Describe Edith's relationship with her father. Discuss why every time she thinks of her father, she starts to cry in the story. How does the author reveal Edith's relationship with her parents to the reader?

Essay Topic 3

While Edith is on the boat with Mr. Neville, she goes through a variety of emotions, but they are all negative. Some of the words used to describe her are uneasy, sick, unsafe, distressed, unsettling, and uncomfortable. What are the underlying causes for these emotions? What has triggered them all at the same time? Does Mr. Neville sense that this is the way that Edith is feeling?

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