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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. Where did Kitty find Len and Joan at the end of Chapter 33?
2. What did Kitty want moved before the party in Chapter 29?
3. Who painted the painting that was in the hall off the elevator to Kitty's apartment in Chapter 23?
4. In Chapter 26, what did Ogden and Joan do together?
5. In Chapter 18, what was Joan wearing when she and Len saw each other again at Pennsylvania Station?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 18, what did Joan think about Len after he had drinks with her and her brother?
2. What did Len and Joan do at the beginning of Chapter 19?
3. What do Evie and her family have for dinner in Chapter 21, and how does the meal suit all of them?
4. In Chapter 22, what did Joan tell Len he should do if she had a seizure, and what did he do about that?
5. In Chapter 34 what correspondence do Evie and Min find addressed to their grandmother?
6. How did Joan do when Kitty say her in the front room with Len in Chapter 33?
7. What does Dick Sherman reveal to Evie and her cousins about a request from their grandmother?
8. What did Reg do in Chapter 20 with Len occupied?
9. What news did the Miltons and Dunc learn about Elsa and her family in Chapter 23?
10. Why did Len find himself wandering through Pennsylvania Station in Chapter 18?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Evie is a professor of history. What is revealed about history through her career and her lessons to her students?
Essay Topic 2
Evie and Min have different feelings about getting rid of the island. What do each of them feel about the island and letting it go? How do they see the place differently? How does the perspective that each of them has affect their feelings about getting rid of the island?
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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