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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 Clare learn about the dance?

2. What does Irene wonder about concerning her encounter with John?

3. Why is Clare angry with Irene?

4. What is Irene afraid might happen if Clare gets a divorce?

5. How does Irene react to her realization that Clare and Brian are involved?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the dance turn out? Who dances with Clare?

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

3. Why had Irene left Clare's name off the guest list?

4. What does John tell Clare when he finds her at the party?

5. Who telephones Irene when she and Clare are talking?

6. What happened to Clare?

7. Whom is Irene with when she runs into John Bellow?:

8. What plan does Irene consider that will rid her life of Clare?

9. Why does Irene decide not to reveal Clare's real race to John?

10. What does Clare learn about the dance that makes her want to be invited?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Summarize Part 2, Chapter 2 which describes how Clare interjects herself into Irene's family.

a) Why did Irene choose not to answer Clare's letter?

b) How does Clare convince Irene to accept her as a friend?

c) What are signs that Clare is very aggressive?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the emotions Irene displays in these chapters.

a) Why does she drop the tea cup?

b) Why doesn't she confide in Hugh Wentworth about her suspicions?

Essay Topic 3

Summarize Part 3, Chapters 3 and 4 which are the concluding chapters of the book.

a) How does Irene feel when she runs into John?

b) What does she regret not telling him?

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