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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. In Chapter 4, what were the dates of the life of Henry written on a gravestone?
(a) 1839-1862.
(b) 1845-1865.
(c) 1844-1864.
(d) 1846-1863.

2. Where does Evie teach?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Brown.
(c) Yale.
(d) NYU.

3. When was the account of Marie, anchoress of Saint Leraux, that Evie read written?
(a) 1298.
(b) 1341.
(c) 1364.
(d) 1271.

4. In Chapter 15, what was the name of Ogden's partner?
(a) Jack.
(b) David.
(c) William.
(d) Robert.

5. In what class did Evie meet her husband?
(a) Reading Dante's Inferno.
(b) From Charlotte Bronte to Lydia Davis.
(c) African American Poetics.
(d) The Literature of Migrants and Refugees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Neddy throw from the window of the Milton's 14th floor apartment?

2. What day of the week did Ogden go to the Harvard Club in Chapter 6?

3. Where did Kitty go to find solace after Neddy's death?

4. What type of job did Joan want in Chapter 13?

5. In Chapter 10, what was the name of the woman in the graveyard at Crockett's Island?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Kitty feel at the end of Chapter 10 when she saw Willy?

2. What did Elsa want Kitty to take?

3. How did Kitty and Ogden have the house on Crockett Island fixed up?

4. What were Kitty's thoughts in Chapter 1, as she headed to the Philharmonic?

5. What do Kitty, Ogden, Dunc, and Pris see when they approach Crockett Island in Chapter 8?

6. What does Evie think about her mother in Chapter 2?

7. In the beginning of the novel, what do men in a boat see when they come to Crockett's Island?

8. What were the Milton children going to do in Chapter 13?

9. How did Evelyn and Dickie's relationship unfold?

10. In Chapter 7, what picture does Evie have of her grandparents?

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