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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. The police knock on Katey's door in the middle of the night with which person in tow?
(a) Wallace.
(b) Dicky.
(c) Eve.
(d) Tinker.

2. What does Katey do when she realizes the true nature of the relationship between Tinker and his companion at the restaurant?
(a) She starts screaming at Tinker.
(b) She starts to cry.
(c) She runs out of the restaurant.
(d) She hides under her table.

3. What does Hank do when Tinker tells him that he had earned the money for both of them?
(a) He punches Tinker.
(b) He hails a cab.
(c) He runs off.
(d) He yells at Tinker.

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

5. What color does Katey dye her hair on the day she is supposed to meet Tinker?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Red.
(c) Brown.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what location do Katey and Tinker hike?

2. Katey discovers in Chapter 18 that Tinker has been reading what book by Thoreau?

3. How many maxims are part of the text entitled Rules of Civility?

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

5. Mason asks Katey to look over his story and to try to make him sound more like which famous writer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the setting of Chapter 18, when Katey reunites with Tinker?

6. What deal does Mason Tate make with Katey in Chapter 21?

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

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

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

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

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