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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. When Tinker's father had lost his fortune, what location had the family been forced to leave?
(a) St. Francis.
(b) St. Augustus.
(c) St. George.
(d) St. Anthony.

2. What is the socioeconomic status of Wallace, according to Katey?
(a) He is from old money.
(b) He lives below the poverty line.
(c) His prospects are few and he has no connections.
(d) He is barely comfortable.

3. What does Katey name as the cheapest form of entertainment?
(a) Plays.
(b) Movies.
(c) Reading.
(d) Daydreaming.

4. What happens to interrupt Katey's conversation with an old acquaintance at the party to which Dicky has led her?
(a) The guest of honor makes his speech.
(b) The party is deemed to be over.
(c) The fireworks start.
(d) Tinker breaks into the conversation and steers Katey away.

5. Wallace tells Katey that Tinker had had to leave school for what reason?
(a) Because he had been mercilessly bullied.
(b) Because he had fallen in love with one of his teachers.
(c) Because his father had lost everything.
(d) Because the curriculum had not been challenging enough.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hank do when Tinker tells him that he had earned the money for both of them?

2. When Katey is getting ready to go to bed at Wolcott's camp, she hears Tinker taking what action?

3. What job had Tinker inhabited before accepting a position with Anne?

4. What kind of structure is Wolcott's camp?

5. Who drives Katey to the train station when she leaves the Hollingsworths' home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of Dicky.

2. In what way does the theme of hypocrisy enter the narrative in relation to Katey?

3. From whose point of view is the section of the text entitled September 30 presented and who else is involved in the scene?

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

5. Though conversation is scant during Katey's ride home from the party at Whileaway in Val(entine)'s car, the two do agree on one thing. What is it?

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

7. Describe the way in which Katey compares her relationship with Wallace to a game of honeymoon bridge.

8. Discuss the way in which the theme of appearance versus reality is depicted in the scene involving Katey, Eve, and the police.

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

10. What is the significance of Wallace's gift to his young relative?

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