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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 is Marian’s married name?

2. How many days before the dinner party in Chapter 7, did Kate and Maud call on Milly and Susan?

3. In Chapter 15, what does Kate call Milly?

4. In Chapter 11, where has Lord Mark seen a picture that looks like Milly?

5. How does Kate get to Milly’s hotel in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where and when does Merton work?

2. How did Kate and Merton meet?

3. When did Kate learn that her father had done something wicked?

4. Why does Milly describe Maud as an idealist in Chapter 7?

5. In Chapter 10, how does Milly describe the terrace and garden of the historic house where there is a party?

6. Why did Kate’s father ask her to come to his quarters in Book 1?

7. How is Merton’s visit with Aunt Maud in Book 2?

8. What are Lord Mark’s politics?

9. How does Milly describe a Bishop at a dinner party in Chapter 7?

10. In Chapter 12, why does Milly have to make another doctor’s appointment for a few days away?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 12, Milly learns that her illness is terminal. Is Milly surprised by this diagnosis? Does she react positively or negatively to the news? What has prepared her to accept her condition? How does she decide to spend the rest of her life?

Essay Topic 2

To Susan, Milly has an air of authority about her. How is Milly’s authority described by Susan? Is Milly’s authority due to her wealth or something else? Why is it unusual for someone of Milly’s age to have such authority?

Essay Topic 3

Merton goes to American on an assignment for the newspaper. How long after his chat with Maud about Kate does Merton get the offer to go to America? Is that coincidental? What does Kate say about the offer? Why does Merton accept the assignment?

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