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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prompts Carrie to write this story?
(a) The desire to make some money selling the story.
(b) Cressida's photograph which is trashed among other stuff her family does not want.
(c) Carrie's sorrow over the loss of her best friend.
(d) Poppas' memories and his recent letter.

2. Of what does Poppas periodically remind the Garnet sisters?
(a) That Horace is likely to inherit all his mother's estate.
(b) That arguments among them all could result in their financial situation changing.
(c) That Poppas is the reason for Cressida's success.
(d) That the upcoming financial market is likely to be grim because of the stock market crash.

3. From where is Cressida's family originally?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Northern Ireland.
(c) New York.
(d) California.

4. What statement is true concerning Poppas and Cressida?
(a) That they are unbeknown to others actually half siblings.
(b) That neither could have become successful without the other.
(c) That they will eventually marry.
(d) That they only tolerate each other for the money they make together.

5. With what does Cressida become enchanted?
(a) The cello playing.
(b) The trumpet playing.
(c) The conductor.
(d) The violin playing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Henry Gilbert's occupation?

2. What does Jerome supposedly convey to Cressida?

3. To whom does Carrie compare Jerome Brown?

4. Besides Cressida's wealth, what else do Cressida's sisters covet?

5. Why does Poppas move to where he does?

(see the answer key)

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