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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 goes swimming.
(b) She quits her job.
(c) She fires her assistant.
(d) She calls her mother.

2. What does Katey do when Charlotte exits the train without her important documents?
(a) She slips the documents into her own bag.
(b) She calls their boss.
(c) She chases after Charlotte.
(d) She flips the documents out of the window.

3. To what kind of party does Eve invite Katey once she and Tinker return from their vacation?
(a) A tea party.
(b) A dinner party.
(c) A birthday party.
(d) A garden party.

4. To what creature does Bucky compare Tinker toward the end of the Chapter 8?
(a) A phoenix.
(b) A pterodactyl.
(c) A raven.
(d) A dragon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last name of the young woman named Fran who lives in the same boardinghouse as Katey?

2. When Katey wanders away from the table at the party thrown by Eve and Tinker, in what room does she end up?

3. What type of art is the focus of the exhibit attended by Katey and Val in the Preface?

4. In what building does Tinker live?

5. In what way does Katey receive an invitation upstairs when she follows Anne into a building?

Short Essay Questions

1. What major development occurs at the very end of Chapter 11, after Katey sees her father and uncle?

2. Discuss an example when Towles uses a simile within the novel's narrative and discuss its effects.

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

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

5. For what purpose does Towles include an allusion to Gertrude Stein within Chapter 9?

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

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

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

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

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

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