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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 Dicky's last name?
(a) Costanza.
(b) Bolingbroke.
(c) Vanderwhile.
(d) Morin.

2. To what restaurant do Katey and Bitsy go for lunch after running into Tinker?
(a) The Rainbow Room.
(b) The Ritz.
(c) The Supper Club.
(d) The Waldorf-Astoria.

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

4. In what manner do Tinker and Katey part after meeting at the coffee shop?
(a) Katey walks out on Tinker.
(b) Tinker walks out on Katey.
(c) Tinker and Katey are picked up in a car by Anne.
(d) Tinker and Katey hail a cab together.

5. What name does Katey call Tinker when she sees him again, after Katey discovers his relationship with another woman?
(a) Tinder.
(b) Stinker.
(c) Teddy.
(d) Tinter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tinker and Katey discuss the fact that Eve has gone to what city?

2. The location to which Katey and Tinker hike has a view of what water feature?

3. The police knock on Katey's door in the middle of the night with which person in tow?

4. How many other personal assistants does Mason have, besides Katey?

5. Which member of Tinker's family does Katey bring up just before she and Tinker part?

Short Essay Questions

1. Into whom does Katey run at a Conde Nast-associated party and what does she realize about this person?

2. What major plot revelation is made during Chapter 19, entitled The Road to Kent?

3. What occurs within the section of the text entitled September 30?

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

5. Though conversation is scant during Katey's ride home from the party at Whileaway in Val(entine)'s car, the two do agree on one thing. What is it?

6. In what way does the theme of hypocrisy enter the narrative in relation to Katey?

7. From whose point of view is the section of the text entitled September 30 presented and who else is involved in the scene?

8. Discuss the way in which the theme of appearance versus reality is depicted in the scene involving Katey, Eve, and the police.

9. In what way is the theme of deception featured within Hank's comments to Katey about his brother Tinker?

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

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