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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. How much money do you have in your pocket when you look at a room at Mrs. Parker's?

2. Who did Mr. Toosenberry go to work with when he left Mrs. Parker's?

3. What is on each side of the Skylight Room?

4. What furnishings are in the Skylight Room?

5. What did Mr. Toosenberry leave to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Miss Leeson described?

2. How does the narrator describe what happens when Clara is called to show Miss Leeson the Skylight Room?

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

4. How is the Skylight Room furnished?

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

6. What room does Clara show prospective roomers?

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

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

9. How does Mrs. Parker respond if you say you are not able to rent the double parlors?

10. Why does Mrs. Parker take prospective roomers to Mr. Skidder's room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Miss Leeson lived in poverty. Does the story seem to indicate whether her poverty was her fault of situational?

Essay Topic 2

Setting is the place where a story happens. Where does “The Skylight Room” take place? How do characters feel about the place and why?

Essay Topic 3

An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in “The Skylight Room”? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? How do the allusions Henry uses help readers’ understanding of characters or concepts?

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