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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Paul decide to propose to Whitney?
(a) When he finds out the size of her dowry.
(b) When she tells him she will be leaving again.
(c) After he discusses it with her father.
(d) When she tells him she's pregnant.

2. What does Whitney wake determined to do in Chapter 17?
(a) Marry Clayton.
(b) Marry Paul.
(c) Find Elizabeth a suitor.
(d) Go back to France.

3. What does Whitney do instead of visiting Paul in Chapter 10?
(a) Whitney has a nap.
(b) Whitney visits the shops.
(c) Whitney has tea with her father.
(d) Whitney visits Emily.

4. What does Whitney beg Clayton for in Chapter 18?
(a) Money to help her father.
(b) To release her from the betrothal contract.
(c) To switch his interest to Elizabeth.
(d) To marry her.

5. What does Whitney hope will be announced at the party?
(a) Her engagement to Paul.
(b) Her father's engagement.
(c) Elizabeth's engagement.
(d) Her engagement to Clayton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the letter from Emily say in Chapter 5?

2. How does Whitney feel when she arrives at the debutante ball?

3. What is Whitney doing when Lord and Lady Gilbert arrive at the Stone Estate?

4. What is the story that Whitney tells Clayton about?

5. Who does Whitney hit with her riding crop?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Whitney provides Clayton with a horse called Dangerous Crossing to ride?

2. Where does Whitney go at the end of Chapter 2, and what does she vow to accomplish while there?

3. What story does Whitney tell Clayton about her childhood after drinking some whiskey?

4. Why are Lord and Lady Gilbert visiting the Stone Estate at the beginning of the book?

5. In Chapter 20, what item does Margaret ask Clayton about, and what does this require Clayton to later explain to Whitney?

6. Why does Whitney become angry and embarrassed during her homecoming?

7. What do the party guests gossip about over dinner in Chapter 16?

8. What impresses Whitney when she visits Clayton's home?

9. Why does Whitney go downstairs in a servant's dress when Clayton visits in Chapter 17?

10. What causes Whitney to become outraged in Chapter 11?

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