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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. To what restaurant do Katey and Bitsy go for lunch after running into Tinker?
(a) The Rainbow Room.
(b) The Supper Club.
(c) The Ritz.
(d) The Waldorf-Astoria.

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) Banker.
(b) Patron.
(c) Aunt.
(d) Mother.

3. After whom does Katey model her outfit when Wallace takes her to his hunting club?
(a) Fran.
(b) Anne.
(c) Eve.
(d) Tinker.

4. To what location do Katey and Wallace drive at the start of Chapter 14?
(a) Staten Island.
(b) Queens.
(c) Long Island.
(d) Brooklyn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tinker's father had lost his fortune, what location had the family been forced to leave?

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

3. What type of meal do Katey and Tinker share on their hike?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. In what way does the relationship between Katey and Tinker change during their trip to the Adirondacks?

5. Into whom does Katey run at a Conde Nast-associated party and what does she realize about this person?

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

7. How does Towles indicate to the reader that Katey is more interested in Wallace than she may be letting on?

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

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

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

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