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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. Before leaving Tinker, Hank places what kind of hat on Tinker's head?
(a) Derby.
(b) Stocking cap.
(c) Panama.
(d) Bowler.

2. 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?
(a) Mother.
(b) Banker.
(c) Aunt.
(d) Patron.

3. Katey finds out in Chapter 17 that Eve had been pregnant with whose baby before having an abortion?
(a) Tinker's.
(b) Dicky's.
(c) Wallace's.
(d) Hank's.

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

5. What does Katey name as the cheapest form of entertainment?
(a) Reading.
(b) Daydreaming.
(c) Movies.
(d) Plays.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Katey's reply to Dicky's query just before the two part after the party thrown for the Hollingsworths' son?

4. What method of transportation does Katey use to get home from her trip with Tinker?

5. What kind of structure is Wolcott's camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What qualities are revealed about Katey's character in her dealings with Pembroke Publishing?

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

4. What confession does Tinker make to Katey during their time in the Adirondacks?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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