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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brenda suggest to Tony?
(a) That John may prove to be quite entertaining.
(b) That Tony is being a little harsh on poor John.
(c) That John needs them to help him regain his social status.
(d) That they put John up in the worst room of the house.

2. Why is Tony annoyed?
(a) That they have to go to a dinner engagement that evening.
(b) That John Beaver takes Tony's offer to see the house seriously.
(c) That Brenda is not paying him any attention.
(d) That he can hear the gardeners arguing.

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

4. Who is anxiously awaiting Brenda's arrival back at Hetton?
(a) Brenda's valet.
(b) The cook who wants to discuss refreshments for an upcoming party.
(c) Tony and John Andrew.
(d) No one.

5. What does Tony decide to do?
(a) Write Brenda a letter.
(b) Ask Jock about Brenda and John.
(c) Get to know Mrs. Rafferty better.
(d) Not allow John Andrew to do the hunt this year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John Andrew refuse Tony's invitation?

2. What does Brenda say in a note to Tony?

3. What opinion does John offer about Brenda?

4. Why does Brenda send Jenny Abdul Akbar ahead to Hetton?

5. What does Tony learn that he finds annoying?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you characterize John Beaver's idea of a relationship with a woman (including Brenda)?

2. How does Tony demonstrate his willingness to accommodate Brenda's friends and what is their attitude towards Tony?

3. What demonstrates how very widespread the knowledge about Brenda's affair is and how much it is a topic of conversation?

4. How does it seem the women and men of the upper social class are portrayed in this chapter?

5. Why do you think Tony is unconcerned with Brenda spending time in London with her old social circle?

6. What can you infer about the Beaver household from the information in Chapter 1?

7. What demonstrates that Tony is trying to regain emotional intimacy with Brenda?

8. How are the rooms of Hetton symbolic?

9. How is the last part of this chapter a transitional chapter for Brenda and Tony's relationship?

10. Do you think John Beaver knows what the upper class people with whom he wants to associate think of him?

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