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

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

3. Who is Alley McKenna?
(a) The Chairwoman of the Board.
(b) One of Mason's personal assistants.
(c) One of Pembroke Publishing's major writers.
(d) The senior editor of Conde Nast magazine.

4. How many other personal assistants does Mason have, besides Katey?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

5. What is NOT true of Alley?
(a) She wears cat's-eye glasses.
(b) She is a brunette.
(c) She has a high IQ.
(d) She wears sexy clothing.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Hank do when Tinker tells him that he had earned the money for both of them?

5. What job had Tinker inhabited before accepting a position with Anne?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the character of Dicky.

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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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