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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. As Katey climbs out of the car at the end of Chapter 13, what action does Dicky take?
(a) He tries to kiss her.
(b) He shakes her hand.
(c) He grabs her wrist.
(d) He kisses her.

2. Which member of Tinker's family does Katey bring up just before she and Tinker part?
(a) His mother.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His aunt.

3. To what author does Katey look for inspiration when deciding to have sex with Tinker?
(a) Camus.
(b) Thoreau.
(c) Welty.
(d) Joyce.

4. What excuse does Katey give for wanting to leave the Hollingsworths' place?
(a) She says that she has to work early the following morning.
(b) She says that she does not feel well.
(c) She says that she is tired.
(d) She says that she has another party the same night.

5. What kind of structure is Wolcott's camp?
(a) An office building.
(b) A gazebo.
(c) A two-story mansion.
(d) A shack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne name as the cheapest form of entertainment?

2. Wallace shows Katey a gun like the one that had killed what famous criminal(s)?

3. What kind of car does Wallace own?

4. Katey says to her acquaintance that she sees Tinker in the restaurant with his what?

5. The person with whom Katey is out to lunch corrects Katey about the relationship between Tinker and the woman with him, saying that she is Tinker's what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What qualities are revealed about Katey's character in her dealings with Pembroke Publishing?

2. Describe the character of Dicky.

3. What major plot revelation is made during Chapter 19, entitled The Road to Kent?

4. The origin of what important relationship of Katey's is revealed within Chapter 16 when Katey attends a party at Whileaway?

5. In what way is humor included within Dicky and Katey's date to Carnegie Hall?

6. What occurs within the section of the text entitled September 30?

7. What confession does Tinker make to Katey during their time in the Adirondacks?

8. In what way does the beginning of Chapter 16 echo the novel's epigraph?

9. What is the setting of Chapter 18, when Katey reunites with Tinker?

10. How does Towles indicate to the reader that Katey is more interested in Wallace than she may be letting on?

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