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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. On what date in September is Katey instructed to meet Tinker?
(a) The 30th.
(b) The 3rd.
(c) The 26th.
(d) The 14th.

2. 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.

3. From what Shakespeare play do Katey and Dicky exchange wordplay before they part after the party thrown for the Hollingsworths' son?
(a) Macbeth.
(b) A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) As You Like It.

4. What color does Katey dye her hair on the day she is supposed to meet Tinker?
(a) Brown.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Blonde.

5. In what month will Mason decide which of his personal assistants to keep?
(a) January.
(b) September.
(c) December.
(d) March.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the socioeconomic status of Wallace, according to Katey?

3. In what manner do Tinker and Katey part after meeting at the coffee shop?

4. What name does Katey call Tinker when she sees him again, after Katey discovers his relationship with another woman?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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. How does the advice Bitsy gives Kate about Wallace dovetail with the engraving on Tinker's lighter?

7. What is the significance of Wallace's gift to his young relative?

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

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

10. In what way does Towles instill his description of Eve's fate with a tone of approval?

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