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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 is the significance of the date June 24th, on which Chapter 11 begins?
(a) It is Wallace's birthday.
(b) It is Katey's birthday.
(c) It is Eve's birthday.
(d) It is Tinker's birthday.

2. Katey estimates Tinker's coat to be worth at least how much money?
(a) $200.
(b) $300.
(c) $25.
(d) $500.

3. Eve tells Katey that she wants to be which director?
(a) Welles.
(b) Chaplin.
(c) DeMille.
(d) Zanuck.

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

5. Fran invites Katey to the runarounds at Belmont, an event involving what type of animals?
(a) Horses.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Bulls.
(d) Sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the following ways is the character of Tinker NOT described?

2. In what socioeconomic bracket had Eve grown up as a result of her family's socioeconomic status?

3. In what state had Tinker grown up?

4. The postcard Katey receives from Eve and Tinker has a hand-drawn arrow pointing to what element of the photo?

5. The Preface of Rules of Civility is told from whose point of view?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Katey's reaction when she receives the correspondence from Eve in Palm Beach?

4. What is the setting of the novel's Preface?

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

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

7. In what way does the epigraph of Rules of Civility depict the theme of class difference?

8. Discuss the significance of the as-yet-unnamed narrator's comment that "It happens to all of us. It's just a question of how many stops it takes" (5).

9. Describe the narrator and protagonist, as she is presented within Chapter 1.

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

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