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

2. What color does Tinker turn when he sees Katey at a nearby table at the restaurant?
(a) Green.
(b) Chartreuse.
(c) Gray.
(d) Yellow.

3. What is the name of the estate at which the party is being held for one of the Hollingworths' sons?
(a) Martinsworth.
(b) Lockheed.
(c) Takeaheed.
(d) Whileaway.

4. Which member of Tinker's family does Katey bring up just before she and Tinker part?
(a) His sister.
(b) His mother.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His grandmother.

5. What is the socioeconomic status of Wallace, according to Katey?
(a) He is barely comfortable.
(b) His prospects are few and he has no connections.
(c) He lives below the poverty line.
(d) He is from old money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into whom does Katey run when she is at the party to which Dicky has led her?

2. What does Katey do when she realizes the true nature of the relationship between Tinker and his companion at the restaurant?

3. What method does Katey use to get home from the party thrown for the Hollingsworths' son?

4. Mason asks Katey to look over his story and to try to make him sound more like which famous writer?

5. What word does Wallace use to describe Katey's hair when she takes offense?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What deal does Mason Tate make with Katey in Chapter 21?

4. Describe the way in which Katey compares her relationship with Wallace to a game of honeymoon bridge.

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the character of Dicky.

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