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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul offer Evie when she wakes in Chapter 17?

2. Who was the lookout for Elsa and Gerhard in Chapter 5?

3. In Chapter 6, how many pairs of shoes did Harry Lowell say were being produced?

4. Where was Ogden traveling in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 17, where is Paul when Evie wakes?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the beginning of the novel, what do men in a boat see when they come to Crockett's Island?

2. How did Len and Reg meet?

3. What photograph do Evie and Paul discuss in Chapter 17?

4. How did Evelyn and Dickie's relationship unfold?

5. In Chapter 9, what does Evie think about the Big House?

6. In Chapter 5, what would Gerhard and Elsa do in Chapter 5?

7. How did Kitty and Ogden have the house on Crockett Island fixed up?

8. How did Evie meet her husband?

9. What were the Milton children going to do in Chapter 13?

10. What did Kitty think of Elsa when she met her in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Miltons had definite ideas about behavior and one’s station in life. What is revealed about behavior and environment through the Miltons?

Essay Topic 2

Ogden’s father took him to visit the Erie Canal when he was a boy. What did Ogden learn when he was there? What principle did he learn that became a guideline by which he lived his life?

Essay Topic 3

Joan took a job as a typist for a book publisher. Why was it unusual for a woman in Joan’s position to have a job, and what barriers was she pushing against? What barriers was her publisher trying to break through? What is communicated about breaking barriers through her job?

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