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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. What is Iris's dinner table covered in on her birthday?

2. Why is Mr. Neville staying at the hotel?

3. Why does Edith feel uneasy on the boat?

4. What does Iris ask Edith to do once she has gotten to their room after the commotion?

5. What does Monica call her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Edith compare Jennifer to in her mind during Iris's birthday party?

2. What does Monica say about her mother?

3. How does Edith feel about entering the married life?

4. Why does Edith not marry Mr. Neville and what are her new plans?

5. What does Edith say the man will have to be like for Jennifer to marry him?

6. What are the preparations that were made for Iris's birthday party?

7. What does Edith do for Mme. de Bonnevil?

8. Why does Edith agree to marry Geoffrey?

9. How did Geoffrey court Edith?

10. What does Iris say about Edith's new haircut?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Write your opinion of this book. Did you like it? Why or why not? Did it hold your interest? Was it slow moving? What was your favorite part? What would you have liked to see go differently?

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