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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 whom does Katey extend an invitation for lunch?
(a) Bitsy.
(b) Wallace.
(c) Eve.
(d) Fran.

2. Into whom does Katey run when she is at the party to which Dicky has led her?
(a) Tinker.
(b) Anne.
(c) Wallace.
(d) Eve.

3. What is Bitsy's last name?
(a) Houghton.
(b) McDonald.
(c) Hale.
(d) Parris.

4. What name does Katey call Tinker when she sees him again, after Katey discovers his relationship with another woman?
(a) Tinder.
(b) Teddy.
(c) Stinker.
(d) Tinter.

5. What kind of structure is Wolcott's camp?
(a) A two-story mansion.
(b) A gazebo.
(c) An office building.
(d) A shack.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many other personal assistants does Mason have, besides Katey?

4. Wallace shares with Katey that Tinker had gotten a job as a what before working his way up?

5. From what Shakespeare play do Katey and Dicky exchange wordplay before they part after the party thrown for the Hollingsworths' son?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In what way is humor included within Dicky and Katey's date to Carnegie Hall?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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