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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Beaver no longer have a luxurious lifestyle?
(a) Her husband dies.
(b) She decides to give it up to help the poor.
(c) She is too much of a spendthrift.
(d) She has an affair and her husband divorces her.

2. About what does Tony talk to Jock?
(a) About the way John is so blatent in his affair with Brenda.
(b) About the many changes in Brenda lately.
(c) About sailing around the Cape last year.
(d) About the upcoming polo matches.

3. Where does Tony end up after the get together?
(a) He goes to London to confront John.
(b) In Marjorie's room.
(c) He ends up in the cook's daughter's room.
(d) In Brenda's room.

4. When was Hetton Abbey rebuilt?
(a) 1864.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1444.
(d) 1777.

5. Who believes the Abbey exhibits poor taste?
(a) The Abbey curator.
(b) Most of the Last family members.
(c) The Duke of Yorkton.
(d) No one.

6. About what party specifically do Brenda and Marjorie speak?
(a) Pauline Cockell's party.
(b) Polly Cracker's party.
(c) No party in particular.
(d) Polly Cockpurse's upcoming party.

7. In what style was the Abbey rebuilt?
(a) Ionic.
(b) Classical.
(c) Baroque.
(d) Gothic.

8. What happens to John Andew?
(a) He is thrown and killed.
(b) He is paralyzed.
(c) He breaks an arm and leg.
(d) He is basically unharmed; just bruised.

9. Who entertains John while Tony is out of the house?
(a) Brenda.
(b) Tony's mother.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Brenda's mother.

10. How does Mrs. Rattery arrive at Hetton?
(a) By rail.
(b) By a plane she pilots herself.
(c) By boat.
(d) By horseback.

11. Who calls and leaves a message for Tony but will not speak to him?
(a) Brenda.
(b) Marjorie.
(c) John.
(d) Mrs. Beaver.

12. Why is John annoyed with Brenda?
(a) She leaves him alone to fend for himself at Polly's party.
(b) She won't allow him to kiss her.
(c) He is not annoyed, but rather infatuated.
(d) She makes a joke about him in front of others.

13. Why does Brenda meet with Mrs. Beaver?
(a) To tell her that John needs to leave Brenda alone.
(b) To learn more about John.
(c) To try to encounter John.
(d) To go over details of renting a flat in London.

14. Why does Brenda wish Tony wanted to go to the party?
(a) She wants to become more involved with Charity groups and wants Tony to make some contacts among the upper class men.
(b) She does not want to go alone.
(c) She wants to show off her handsome husband.
(d) She does not want to go and wishes Tony would go and represent their family.

15. Why does John Andrew refuse Tony's invitation?
(a) He is tired.
(b) He has decided the place if for babies.
(c) He is still angry from the time when he meets Tony at the train station.
(d) He misses his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brenda do at Polly's party?

2. What lifts Brenda's spirits?

3. Why is Jock uncomfortable with Tony at first?

4. Who seems to be the only person concerned about Brenda's affair with John Beaver?

5. What does Brenda find unbearable?

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