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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 relative of Clare's was white?

2. What do Irene and Brian agree on about Clare?

3. What makes Irene stop shopping when she's in Chicago?

4. When the woman stares at Irene at the hotel, what does Irene fear the woman is thinking about her?

5. How do Irene and Gertrude feel about John?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Brian and Irene discuss while they eat breakfast?

2. How does Brian respond to Irene's concerns about Junior?

3. What is Irene's intention in bring up Junior's problems?

4. Where does Irene ask Brian to drive her to? What business does she intend to take care of?

5. Whom else did Clare invite along when she meets Irene? What do Clare and the other guest have in common?

6. Who interrupts Irene when she is reading Clare's letter? What did the letter keep her from doing?

7. What does Clare tell Irene in the note she sent to Irene?

8. What are Irene's plans about meeting Clare? How does she wind up meeting her?

9. When did Irene become reacquainted with her childhood friend, Clare Kendry? What were the circumstances?

10. What does Brian advise Irene to do about Clare?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss what Irene contemplates as a way to save her marriage.

a) What does Irene think of telling John about Clare?

b) How would John respond to what Irene would tell him?

c) Why does Irene change her mind about taking with John?

Essay Topic 2

Summarize Part 3, Chapters 1 and 2 which describe Irene's growing suspicion that Clare and Brian are having an affair.

a) What aspect of Brian's behavior causes Irene to think that he's having an affair with Clare?

b) How does Hugh Wentworth react to Brian and Clare?

Essay Topic 3

Summarize Part 2, Chapters 3 and 4 which describe how Clare positions herself in Irene's family.

a) What are the reactions of Irene's children and servants to Clare?

b) How does Brian react to Clare?

c) How does Irene attempt to make Clare's visits less frequent?

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