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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Portia and her friend take a path through to get to school?
(a) The town centre.
(b) A park.
(c) A cemetery.
(d) A farm.

3. What type of attraction does Eddie deny exists between himself and Portia?
(a) A physical one.
(b) A spiritual one.
(c) An intellectual one.
(d) An emotional one.

4. In what month does the novel begin?
(a) July.
(b) October.
(c) January.
(d) April.

5. What advice does Matchett give Portia about Eddie?
(a) She says that as long as Portia is happy, that's what matters.
(b) She tells Portia that Eddie is not good for her, and that she should stay away from him.
(c) She says that Portia should date Eddie if she wants, but that she should be careful.
(d) Matchett doesn't know about Portia's relationship with Eddie.

6. What does Anna suggest that she, Thomas, and Portia should do together?
(a) See a movie.
(b) Go for a walk.
(c) Go for a drive.
(d) Play a board game.

7. What does Portia ask Matchett in part 1, chapter 6?
(a) What Mrs. Quayne looked like.
(b) Whether Mr. and Mrs. Quayne were happy together.
(c) What the weather was like on the day she was born.
(d) What Thomas was like as a child.

8. Where does Daphne work?
(a) In a nursery.
(b) In a library.
(c) In a doctor's office.
(d) In a school.

9. What does Major Brutt accept from Thomas?
(a) A loan.
(b) A drink.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) A job offer.

10. How does Thomas feel about Anna's idea for an activity?
(a) He wants to be able to choose the activity.
(b) He wants to go with Anna, and not let Portia come.
(c) He wants to do something else.
(d) He just wants to stay at home.

11. What does Thomas notice about Portia and Eddie the first time he sees them together?
(a) They are standing so close that they are almost holding hands.
(b) Thomas is relieved to see that they seem to be just friends.
(c) Eddie seems taken with Portia, but she is aloof to him.
(d) Portia seems taken with Eddie, but he is aloof to her.

12. What does Lilian ask Portia at lunch in part 1, chapter 4?
(a) Why Portia has been absent so much in recent days.
(b) If Portia is inattentive in class because she is ill.
(c) What happened to Portia's parents.
(d) Why Portia hadn't told her about the letter.

13. What is the reason Thomas gives Anna for why he thinks Portia is upset in part 1, chapter 2?
(a) Thomas said something hurtful to Portia.
(b) He gives no reason.
(c) Portia is missing her mother.
(d) Portia is beginning her menstrual cycle.

14. Why is Lilian at Portia's school?
(a) Her parents moved from Spain and it is the only school in the area.
(b) She is gifted and needs an accelerated course schedule.
(c) She fell in love with a female teacher at her former school.
(d) She fell in love with a male teacher at her former school.

15. What is Dickie doing when Portia meets him?
(a) Getting ready for work.
(b) Doing yard work.
(c) Eating dinner.
(d) Coming home from work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Anna just before she met Thomas?

2. What does Major Brutt think of Anna's relationship with Portia?

3. What does Portia miss about living with Anna and Thomas?

4. How did Major Brutt get to know Robert Pidgeon?

5. How does Daphne greet Portia?

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