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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 does Mrs Penniman advise Catherine not to do?

2. What does Catherine refuse to do?

3. When does Mrs. Penniman tell Dr. Sloper about her assumption?

4. What is Catherine pleased to learn from Mrs. Penniman?

5. What does Mrs. Penniman say she might have been in haste to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dr. Sloper ask of Catherine?

2. What does Catherine receive in Chapter 31?

3. What does Dr. Sloper say to offend Catherine?

4. What does Catherine tell her father in Chapter 18?

5. What does Dr. Sloper tell Mrs. Almond in Chapter 21?

6. What is the relationship like between Mrs. Penniman and Mr. Townsend in Chapter 28?

7. What is Mrs. Penniman told by Dr. Sloper in Chapter 19?

8. What does Mrs. Almond suggest to Dr. Sloper according to Chapter 27?

9. Why is Mrs. Penniman disappointed in Chapter 23?

10. What happens on the night before they return to New York?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one character and discuss how their character grows from the beginning of the book to the end of the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of an inheritance based on customs in early America.

Essay Topic 3

Examine how being a romantic, as Mrs. Penniman is, can cause hardship in relationships and in providing advice on relationships.

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