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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 does the person who has the double front room with private bath spend winters?

2. How do the walls close in on you as you look at the Skylight Room?

3. On what floor does Mr. Skidder have a room?

4. What city was the place where Mr. Toosenberry went to work?

5. What furnishings are in the Skylight Room?

Short Essay Questions

1. After looking at the parlors, where does Mrs. Parker take prospective roomers?

2. When does Mrs. Parker cease being your guide?

3. What does Mr. Skidder do after Miss Leeson views his lambrequins?

4. What is the first area Mrs. Parker shows prospective roomers?

5. How is the Skylight Room furnished?

6. Where did Mr. Tossenberry go when he left Mrs. Parker's?

7. Why does Mr. Skidder pay something on his rent after Mrs. Parker brings prospective roomers to view his room?

8. What does Miss Leeson say when Mrs. Parker shows her the room to the second-floor-back?

9. Who is Mr. Skidder and where is his room at Mrs. Parker's?

10. How is Miss Leeson described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What points of view are used in “The Skylight Room”? How do these points of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does changing the point of view help readers connect with and understand the characters?

Essay Topic 2

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Henry use artistic license to create the realistic background of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Miss Leeson is viewed differently by the male and female boarders. How and why is Miss Leesn viewed differently by the male and female boarders?

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