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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Edith feels the Pusey women possess an aura of what?
(a) Body odor.
(b) Being mean.
(c) High self-esteem.
(d) Being poor.

2. What does Penelope think about Edith's books?
(a) Penelope thinks that Edith should write science fiction books instead.
(b) Penelope is jealous of Edith's books.
(c) That the books are about romantic encounters that were absent from Edith's real life.
(d) Penelope thinks that Edith's books are boring.

3. Each new guest of the hotel needs what?
(a) A credit card.
(b) A minimum three-night stay.
(c) A five-hundred dollar deposit.
(d) A referral from a previous guest.

4. Where is Edith originally from?
(a) The United States of America.
(b) England.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Australia.

5. What does Iris Pusey begin most of her sentences with?
(a) "Actually."
(b) "Of course."
(c) "I don't think so."
(d) "Maybe."

Short Answer Questions

1. When the thin woman doesn't eat any of her food, who eats it for her during dinner times?

2. Who staying at the Hotel Du Lac is closest to Edith's age?

3. When Edith sees a tall and slender woman at the beginning of the story she assumes that she must be a what?

4. How old does Edith guess the mother to be in the mother/daughter companionship?

5. The unnamed man at the cafe finds the idea that Edith may be a writer ________.

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