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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. At the beginning of Chapter 9, at what time did she habitually use about everything to Susan?

2. In Chapter 1, what color is the centerpiece?

3. Where did Merton go to university?

4. In Chapter 8, what is Susan’s word to describe Maud?

5. In Chapter 5, when Milly picks up her book on the way back from her walk, what does she write on the cover?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kate bring Lord and Lady Aldershaw into the house in Chapter 11?

2. What are Aunt Maud’s conditions for taking Kate in?

3. In Chapter 10, how does Milly describe the terrace and garden of the historic house where there is a party?

4. What does Kate look like?

5. When was the second time that Kate met Merton?

6. Why is it difficult for Milly to guess Lord Mark’s age?

7. In Chapter 12, why does Milly have to make another doctor’s appointment for a few days away?

8. When did Kate learn that her father had done something wicked?

9. Who did Marian marry?

10. When Milly and Susan wanted to go to Switzerland off-season, what were they told?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 5, Susan finds Milly sitting on the edge of a precipice. What is the first thought that goes through Susan’s mind? Does she have reasons to think that Milly is suicidal? What causes Susan to decide that Milly isn’t suicidal?

Essay Topic 2

Maud gives a dinner party in Chapter 7. Who attends the party? What is Maud’s purpose for giving the party? What is the purpose of some of the attendees for coming to the party? Are such affairs always to gain something?

Essay Topic 3

Merton goes to American on an assignment for the newspaper. How long after his chat with Maud about Kate does Merton get the offer to go to America? Is that coincidental? What does Kate say about the offer? Why does Merton accept the assignment?

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