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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. At what location does the object inside Katey's book instruct her to go in September?
(a) The Empire State Building.
(b) The Rainbow Room.
(c) The Stork Club.
(d) Schwab's Pharmacy.

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

3. What does Anne name as the cheapest form of entertainment?
(a) Plays.
(b) Reading.
(c) Movies.
(d) Sex.

4. What is Bitsy's last name?
(a) Houghton.
(b) Parris.
(c) McDonald.
(d) Hale.

5. Katey says to her acquaintance that she sees Tinker in the restaurant with his what?
(a) Mother.
(b) Wife.
(c) Paramour.
(d) Godmother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what month will Mason decide which of his personal assistants to keep?

3. What word do Katey and Wallace settle on when deciding what word he should use to describe her hair?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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