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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. Edith feels the Pusey women possess an aura of what?

2. What does Edith do while in the dining room for the first time?

3. Penelope and Edith are what?

4. Why did Edith go through a period where she wrote for 10 hours a day?

5. When Edith sees a tall and slender woman at the beginning of the story she assumes that she must be a what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Name three amenities that the Hotel du Lac does not have that many other hotels do.

2. Does Iris like Monica?

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

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

5. What does Monica tell Edith about Mme. de Bonnevil and her son?

6. How do Penelope and Edith differ when it comes to men?

7. What does Edith write in her first letter to David?

8. Why is Iris visibly upset when Edith sees her in the dining room after working on her novel?

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

10. What is David's wife's reaction to him hinting that he is cheating on her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Edith befriends both Iris and Monica throughout this book. Compare and contrast Iris and Monica's characters using text from the story to support your answers.

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

Discuss Iris's birthday party. What were the preparations made and what events occurred during the party? What were the guests' reactions to the presentation? Do you think the party made Edith like Iris more or less? Iris acts surprised by the commotion, but did she really plan all of it? What did the author want the reader to take away from this chapter in the book?

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