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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. What is Bitsy's last name?
(a) Parris.
(b) Houghton.
(c) McDonald.
(d) Hale.

2. When Katey is meeting a friend for lunch, who else does she see in the restaurant?
(a) Grubb.
(b) Wallace.
(c) Anne.
(d) Eve.

3. When Katey goes to work and finds her chair missing, what object has been put in its place?
(a) A wheelchair.
(b) A vat of chicken soup.
(c) A tin of Band-Aids.
(d) A pair of crutches.

4. At what location does the object inside Katey's book instruct her to go in September?
(a) The Stork Club.
(b) The Empire State Building.
(c) The Rainbow Room.
(d) Schwab's Pharmacy.

5. What color does Katey dye her hair on the day she is supposed to meet Tinker?
(a) Red.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blonde.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what month does Tinker meet Hank in order to share his windfall with his brother?

2. To what type of establishment does Katey go before meeting her invited guest for lunch?

3. How many other personal assistants does Mason have, besides Katey?

4. Katey discovers in Chapter 18 that Tinker has been reading what book by Thoreau?

5. What color does Tinker turn when he sees Katey at a nearby table at the restaurant?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

7. In what way does Towles instill his description of Eve's fate with a tone of approval?

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

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

10. How does the advice Bitsy gives Kate about Wallace dovetail with the engraving on Tinker's lighter?

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