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

2. Mason asks Katey to look over his story and to try to make him sound more like which famous writer?
(a) Hawthorne.
(b) Joyce.
(c) Fitzgerald.
(d) Hemingway.

3. The location to which Katey and Tinker hike has a view of what water feature?
(a) A river.
(b) The Atlantic Ocean.
(c) A lake.
(d) A pond.

4. What type of meal do Katey and Tinker share on their hike?
(a) Granola.
(b) Soup.
(c) Oatmeal.
(d) Sandwiches.

5. What kind of car does Wallace own?
(a) A white convertible.
(b) A red convertible.
(c) A silver convertible.
(d) A dark green convertible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Katey name as the cheapest form of entertainment?

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

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

4. To what type of establishment does Katey go before meeting her invited guest for lunch?

5. When Katey is meeting a friend for lunch, who else does she see in the restaurant?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the character of Dicky.

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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