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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 action does Katey take the morning after she goes to dinner in her new dress?
(a) She fires her assistant.
(b) She calls her mother.
(c) She goes swimming.
(d) She quits her job.

2. In what type of brown car does Eve pick up Katey in Chapter 9?
(a) A Model T.
(b) A Model A.
(c) A Studebaker.
(d) A Bentley.

3. Eve is wearing what type of expensive jewelry on the night of the party in Chapter 7?
(a) A trio of pearl necklaces.
(b) Emerald earrings.
(c) Diamond earrings.
(d) A pair of ruby rings.

4. In what year does the Preface take place?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1952.

5. What does Eve tell Katey is the origin of the expensive jewelry she wears on the night of her party?
(a) She says she had stolen them from Macy's.
(b) She says she had borrowed them from her mother.
(c) She says she had found them in a drawer.
(d) She says that Tinker had given them to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action do Eve and Katey take before they lead Tinker into the alley behind a movie theater?

2. At the bar to which Fran takes Katey, the men there are arguing about which artist?

3. In what decade of their lives had Val and Katey started seeing each other?

4. What does Katey do when Charlotte exits the train without her important documents?

5. For what reason does Miss Markham call Katey into her office at the start of Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about Eve's correction of Katey's toast in Chapter 9?

2. Describe the correspondence Katey receives from Eve during Eve's and Tinker's trip to Palm Beach.

3. In what way does Katey demonstrate loyalty during her third meeting with Anne, which occurs within a hotel?

4. For what reason do Katey and Eve have to "start improvising" (17) on New Year's Eve?

5. What happens to bring Katey into contact with Anne for the third time within the narrative?

6. In what way is the plight of the working woman depicted within the character of Charlotte in Chapter 3?

7. In what way does the theme of deception enter the narrative within Katey's scenes with Charlotte in Chapter 7?

8. Describe the narrator's character and situation within 1938.

9. In what way is the theme of family bonds depicted in Tinker's comments about his brother Hank?

10. What is the symbolism inherent in the character of Nathaniel Parrish, as he is featured within Chapter 12?

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