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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Anna send Portia in part 1, chapter 2?
(a) To Thomas's study.
(b) To the stables.
(c) To Portia's room.
(d) To the grocer.

2. How does Portia feel about herself when the teacher reprimands her?
(a) She is somehow different, and less, than all the other girls are.
(b) She is just another teenage girl, no different from the rest of her class.
(c) She will never amount to anything, and should stop trying.
(d) She is somehow more mature than the rest of her class.

3. How did Major Brutt get to know Robert Pidgeon?
(a) Robert worked for Major Brutt.
(b) Robert and Major Brutt are related.
(c) Major Brutt worked for Robert.
(d) They were wounded and on leave together.

4. What does Thomas think of Anna's idea that Portia is unnerving when she stares at them?
(a) Thomas agrees with Anna.
(b) Thomas doesn't know that Anna feels this way.
(c) Portia should be more considerate.
(d) Anna is being neurotic.

5. What happened to Anna just before she met Thomas?
(a) Her mother died.
(b) She suffered a miscarriage.
(c) She came back from a trip abroad.
(d) She came out of a failed relationship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Portia doing, instead of listening to her teacher?

2. Who are the first characters introduced in the novel?

3. How does Thomas feel about Anna's idea for an activity?

4. Who runs the school Portia attends?

5. What do Portia and her friend take a path through to get to school?

(see the answer key)

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