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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Portia's last memory of her mother?
(a) Driving her mother to the clinic.
(b) Portia doesn't remember her mother at all.
(c) Waving goodbye to her mother from the deck of a boat.
(d) Driving her mother to the train station.

2. What does Major Brutt say about Portia?
(a) She should not be staying with Anna and Thomas.
(b) She seems like a sweet girl.
(c) She seems socially awkward.
(d) He would like to bring her with him on his trip abroad.

3. What is the name of Mrs. Heccomb's beach house?
(a) Honolulu.
(b) Oahu.
(c) Mauna Loa.
(d) Waikiki.

4. Where does Thomas work?
(a) An advertising agency.
(b) A law firm.
(c) A printing company.
(d) A railroad station.

5. Thomas states that people are "minor in everything but" what?
(a) Their families.
(b) Their work.
(c) Their passions.
(d) Their communities.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what city is the novel set?

3. How does Eddie respond to Portia's accusation that he and Anna are lovers?

4. What does Thomas notice about Portia and Eddie the first time he sees them together?

5. What did Mrs. Quayne do when she received the news that Portia had been born?

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