Characters & Places
Objects & Details
Wharton's World
Inferring Feelings
Family & Relationships
200

This character is the young boy who arrives at the new Parisian hotel.

Who is Paul Marvell?

200

Paul tried to occupy himself by pasting these into his album.

What are postcards?

200

Wharton uses this term to describe the concise communication between Paul and his mother.

What is "laconic"?

200

Paul's reaction to the empty room suggests this emotion.

What is loneliness?


200

Paul's relationship with his mother is described as this.

What is distant/lacking communication?

400

The new hotel overlooks this feature of the Parisian landscape.

What is the avenue below?

400

The library bookcases were secured with this material.

What is gilt trellising?

400

The story highlights the contrast between old and new wealth in this time period.

What is the Gilded Age?

400

The locked library made Paul feel this way.

What is isolated/excluded?

400

Paul's father had done this after his mother married Mr. Moffatt.

What is disappeared?

600

Paul's stepfather and mother took a "flying trip" to this country.

What is America?

600

Paul saw these fruits on the dining room table.

What are figs, strawberries, and nectarines?

600

Wharton often explores themes of social mobility and this in her works.

What is class?

600

Paul felt this way about the newness and sumptuousness of his room.

What is embarrassed?

600

The frequency of Paul's parents' travels suggests this about their priorities.

What is social life over family?

800

Paul's parents traveled to this seaside location in France to look at a summer house.

What is Deauville?

800

The walls of the dining room were made of this green material.

What is marble?

800

This is the name given to a city mansion of a person of rank or wealth.

What is a hotel?

800

The boy in the portrait looked this way to Paul.


What is sad and lonely?

800

Paul's lack of knowledge about his parents' whereabouts suggests this about their parenting.

What is neglectful?

1000

The story takes place in this European city.

What is Paris?

1000

The portrait in Mr. Moffatt’s room depicted a boy in this type of clothing.

What is grey velvet?

1000

The "newness and sumptuousness" of the hôtel highlighted this aspect of the family's lifestyle.

What is extravagance?

1000

Paul's desire for a book suggests this about his character.

What is a love for reading/solitude?

1000

The change in Paul's life after his mother's remarriage is described as this.

What is abrupt/disruptive?