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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. What does Stoner refuse to let anyone do during his questioning of Walker in his oral examination?
(a) Interrupt.
(b) Breathe.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Talk.

2. Who is described as a cripple in the book?
(a) Charles Walker.
(b) Katherine Driscoll.
(c) Grace Stoner.
(d) Hollis Lomax.

3. How does Stoner find Katherine when he goes to visit her after hearing she was sick?
(a) Happy.
(b) Excited.
(c) Curious.
(d) Desperately unhappy.

4. Who is described as being only a little annoyed by Katherine and Stoner's relationship?
(a) Lomax.
(b) Katherine's husband.
(c) Edith.
(d) Grace.

5. What kind of reaction does Katherine give Stoner after giving her presentation in his class?
(a) Confused.
(b) Upset.
(c) Excited.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edith begin remodeling Stoner's basement study as after her father's death?

2. Who aided Lomax in engineering university policies to help Walker?

3. Who begins questioning Walker during his oral examination that dashes Stoner's hopes for him?

4. What does Katherine do after she resigns from the university?

5. Who cautions Stoner about his affair with Katherine because he could lose his job?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is William's first meeting with Charles Walker described?

2. How does William's relationship with Edith change after he begins having an affair with Katherine?

3. How does William react when Finch suggests he pass Walker because he could lose his job?

4. How is the set-up of Charles Walker's oral examinations described?

5. How is William and Katherine's week away in the Ozarks described?

6. How does Charles Walker arrive to his first class with William?

7. How does Edith cause Grace to not be able to spend time with William as a child?

8. How does Lomax react after William refuses to pass Charles Walker?

9. How does Lomax aid Charles Walker during his oral examinations?

10. How does William react to Katherine Driscoll's presentation in his seminar?

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