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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 happened to Clare?
(a) She recovered.
(b) She was unconscious.
(c) She died immediately.
(d) She fell on a tree and survived.

2. What drove Irene to homicide?
(a) She wanted to keep what was hers.
(b) She wanted to make Brian miserable.
(c) She had murdered before.
(d) She had always been jealous of Clare.

3. What do Irene and Hugh Wentworth talk about?
(a) Racial tensions.
(b) Marital problems.
(c) Passing.
(d) Writing.

4. What secret does Irene think of telling John Bellew?
(a) Clare is part black.
(b) Clare is promiscuous.
(c) Clare is having an affair.
(d) Clare is a criminal.

5. Whom does Brian talk to at the party?
(a) Clare.
(b) Mrs. Freeland.
(c) Wentworth.
(d) Irene.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Brian invite Clare to the party?

2. How does Irene feel around Clare?

3. Why did Irene regret not speaking to John Bellew?

4. What is Hugh Wentworth famous for?

5. What is Clare unwilling to give up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Irene think that Brian's affair with Clare will not result in his leaving?

2. How does Irene react to Clare's request to be invited to the dance? How is Irene convinced to allow Clare to attend?

3. What impressed Clare? What does she want Irene to tell her about?

4. How does Irene explain to Clare the reasons for not answering her letter?

5. How does Clare react to Irene ignoring her letter?

6. What thoughts linger within Irene after the party? What does she begin to consider?

7. What is Irene's mood as she prepares for the party? What emotions is she feeling during the party?

8. Who invited Clare to the party for Hugh Wentworth and why?

9. What is Irene's reaction when Clare shows up at her house for the Freeland party? How does she initially plan to keep her away from Brian?

10. What happened to Clare?

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