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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. When Katey goes to work and finds her chair missing, what object has been put in its place?
(a) A wheelchair.
(b) A pair of crutches.
(c) A tin of Band-Aids.
(d) A vat of chicken soup.

2. How many other personal assistants does Mason have, besides Katey?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 7.
(d) 2.

3. To what type of establishment does Katey go before meeting her invited guest for lunch?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A library.
(c) A bar.
(d) A coffee shop.

4. Wallace shares with Katey that Tinker had gotten a job as a what before working his way up?
(a) An attorney.
(b) A train conductor.
(c) A clerk.
(d) A merchant.

5. What is Katey's reply to Dicky's query just before the two part after the party thrown for the Hollingsworths' son?
(a) She says that Eve is still not speaking to her.
(b) She says that it is none of his business.
(c) She says that she is too tired.
(d) She says that she will not marry him.

Short Answer Questions

1. The person with whom Katey is out to lunch corrects Katey about the relationship between Tinker and the woman with him, saying that she is Tinker's what?

2. To what location do Katey and Tinker hike?

3. Katey realizes that the Beresford apartment belongs to whom?

4. What excuse does Katey give for wanting to leave the Hollingsworths' place?

5. Who is Alley McKenna?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the character of Wallace, with whom Katey reconnects in Chapter 13.

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

7. 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?

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

9. Describe the character of Dicky.

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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