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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 excuse does Katey give for wanting to leave the Hollingsworths' place?
(a) She says that she has to work early the following morning.
(b) She says that she does not feel well.
(c) She says that she is tired.
(d) She says that she has another party the same night.

2. Who drives Katey to the train station when she leaves the Hollingsworths' home?
(a) Valentine.
(b) Dicky.
(c) Tinker.
(d) Wallace.

3. Katey discovers in Chapter 18 that Tinker has been reading what book by Thoreau?
(a) Disobedience.
(b) On Golden Pond.
(c) Walden.
(d) War and Peace.

4. When Katey is getting ready to go to bed at Wolcott's camp, she hears Tinker taking what action?
(a) Stoking the fireplace.
(b) Securing the doors.
(c) Sobbing.
(d) Closing the windows.

5. Tinker and Katey discuss the fact that Eve has gone to what city?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) Portland.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does Katey dye her hair on the day she is supposed to meet Tinker?

2. In what way does Wallace's behavior change after he has spent some time with Katey?

3. One night after parting from Alley, Katey takes what action in the restaurant's restroom?

4. Wallace tells Katey that Tinker had had to leave school for what reason?

5. As Katey climbs out of the car at the end of Chapter 13, what action does Dicky take?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Towles indicate to the reader that Katey is more interested in Wallace than she may be letting on?

2. In what way does the relationship between Katey and Tinker change during their trip to the Adirondacks?

3. In what way does the beginning of Chapter 16 echo the novel's epigraph?

4. Describe the character of Dicky.

5. In what way does Tinker demonstrate an understanding of Katey's character when he constructs an invitation to meet with him again?

6. What qualities are revealed about Katey's character in her dealings with Pembroke Publishing?

7. The origin of what important relationship of Katey's is revealed within Chapter 16 when Katey attends a party at Whileaway?

8. What is the setting of Chapter 18, when Katey reunites with Tinker?

9. In what way is humor included within Dicky and Katey's date to Carnegie Hall?

10. What confession does Tinker make to Katey during their time in the Adirondacks?

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