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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. After work, Katey and Alley sometimes go out to eat what type of food together?
(a) French food.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Cake.
(d) Spaghetti.

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

3. What word do Katey and Wallace settle on when deciding what word he should use to describe her hair?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Gorgeous.
(c) Hot.
(d) Pretty.

4. When Tinker's father had lost his fortune, what location had the family been forced to leave?
(a) St. Augustus.
(b) St. Anthony.
(c) St. George.
(d) St. Francis.

5. As Katey climbs out of the car at the end of Chapter 13, what action does Dicky take?
(a) He grabs her wrist.
(b) He shakes her hand.
(c) He kisses her.
(d) He tries to kiss her.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Katey is getting ready to go to bed at Wolcott's camp, she hears Tinker taking what action?

2. What question does Dicky ask Katey before they part after the party thrown for the Hollingsworths' son?

3. Who drives Katey to the train station when she leaves the Hollingsworths' home?

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

5. Katey says to her acquaintance that she sees Tinker in the restaurant with his what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the character of Dicky.

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

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

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

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

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

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