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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. What decision does Newland make regarding his travel plans?
(a) He decides to keep them
(b) He revises them to include May
(c) He changes them to a new date
(d) He cancels them

2. How did Newland plan to inform May of his plan?
(a) Send her a long letter
(b) Talk to her over dinner
(c) Leave her a note
(d) Talk to her before going to bed

3. What is Newland's real plan?
(a) To buy a hostess gift for Mrs. Welland
(b) To find Ellen
(c) To arrange a surprise party for May
(d) To order a new wardrobe

4. Who requests Newland to visit a few days later?
(a) Mrs. Mingott
(b) Mrs. Welland
(c) Mrs. Beaufort
(d) Mrs. van der Luyden

5. At whose home do Newland, May, Mrs. Archer, Janey and Mr. Jackson dine before going to the opera?
(a) The Beauforts' home
(b) The MacMillans' home
(c) The van der Luydens' home
(d) The Carnegies' home

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Newland pick up Ellen?

2. What does Newland begin to tell May when they return home?

3. Where has Ellen been living?

4. Who does Mrs. Mingott send Newland to get?

5. What does Newland do after breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Newland's plan for running away with Ellen?

2. How does Newland miss an opportunity to talk to Ellen while at Newport?

3. How does the author show that Newland and May are settling into a boring, routine marriage.

4. How does Newland find Ellen in Boston?

5. What two rumors about Julius Beaufort surface in Chapter 26?

6. How does Newland once again raise May's suspicions about his intentions with Ellen?

7. What happens when Newland picks up Ellen at the train station?

8. Why is May hesitant about attending a dinner party while on the honeymoon trip in Europe?

9. How does May catch Newland in another deceit about his relationship with Ellen?

10. What is the state of Newland and May's marriage and family twenty-five-years after Ellen returns to Europe?

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