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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lily intend to do with the letters she acquired from Mrs. Haffen, Lawrence Selden's cleaning lady?
(a) Give them back to Lawrence Selden..
(b) Burn them.
(c) Hide them.
(d) Give them to Gerty Farish for safekeeping.

2. In book 1, chapter 9, what is happening at the place Lily goes after her cousin's wedding?
(a) A party.
(b) Arrival of an important member of Lily's social circle.
(c) Cleaning day.
(d) A prayer service.

3. What does Lily realize as she chats with Gus Trenor on the way home from the train station?
(a) Gus Trenor can speak to Percy Gryce for her.
(b) He can help her with her money problems.
(c) She is attracted to Gus Trenor.
(d) Gus Trenor is attracted to her.

4. Who decides to give a party around the holidays?
(a) Lily.
(b) Gus Trenor.
(c) Lily's aunt.
(d) Simon Rosedale.

5. What does Lily do when she arrives at Gerty Farish's apartment after her confrontation with Gus Trenor at his house?
(a) She cries hysterically and tells Gerty what happened with Gus Trenor.
(b) She has a breakdown and falls asleep in Gerty's bed.
(c) She stares out the window speechlessly.
(d) She calmly relates the events that occurred with Gus Trenor.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do the events of chapter 14, book 1, begin?

2. Why does Lawrence Selden call Lily a coward during their walk?

3. In book 1, chapter 5, why does Lily waste time once she is outside after leaving the library?

4. In book 1, chapter 5, what is Lily's initial motive for going outside after leaving the library on Sunday afternoon?

5. In book 1, chapter 8, how does Mrs. Trenor feel about the friendship between Lily and Gus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Lily's family history.

2. At lunch in Monte Carlo, Carry Fischer tells Lawrence Selden that a prince was about to propose to Lily, and then Lily started flirting with his stepson. What incident from book 1 is this situation similar to regarding Lawrence Selden?

3. Why doesn't Lily use the letters she acquired from Mrs. Haffen to get back at Bertha Dorset?

4. In book 1, chapter 11, what does Lily's aunt do after Grace Stepney talks to her about Lily?

5. What will Lily's marriage to Simon Rosedale mean to Lily's self-perception?

6. In book 1, chapter 10, why does Lily continue her arrangement with Gus Trenor?

7. What is Lily's goal in life?

8. In book 1, chapter 8, how does Lily describe Gerty Farish?

9. In book 2, chapter 7, how does Lily view the morality of accepting money from Gus Trenor, and the morality of using the letters she acquired from Lawrence Selden's cleaning woman?

10. In book 1, chapter 4, how does the author use the gossip of Judy Trenor?

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