View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Edith go for her first walk?

2. Who offered Edith a ride home the night that she saw David with his wife?

3. When the thin woman doesn't eat any of her food, who eats it for her during dinner times?

4. Edith Hope arrives at the hotel in what month?

5. When Edith sees the mother and daughter in the dining room, what does she comment to herself?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Edith close her eyes while sitting outside at the cafe downtown?

2. Why is Iris visibly upset when Edith sees her in the dining room after working on her novel?

3. What is the problem with Monica's health?

4. Edith describes the time that she spent with David in Chapter 2. What does Edith say about this and how it always ends?

5. What does Edith remark to herself while Monica eats her eclair?

6. What does Edith write in her first letter to David?

7. What is David's wife's reaction to him hinting that he is cheating on her?

8. What does Mr. Neville reveal to Edith on their walk together?

9. Why does Edith remember when she wrote the book that Iris is reading?

10. Which type of animal does Edith consider herself to be?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Edith was engaged to Geoffrey Long and Mr. Neville at two different times in this story. Compare and contrast the two men that she was engaged to using the text from the story to support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Give the full picture of Edith's relationship with Geoffrey Long. Start with how they met, include their courting time, and then finish with their wedding day. Be sure to include Edith's feelings that the author makes known while this process is happening.

Essay Topic 3

When Edith sees Mr. Neville sneaking out of Jennifer's bedroom at the end of the book, it says that she wasn't surprised to see this. Why do you think that Edith wasn't surprised? Why do you think that she had no emotional response to the situation when most engaged women would be devastated?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 724 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample