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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. Why does Belcour waylay La Rue?
(a) He needs her advice.
(b) He is an unkind man.
(c) He has fallen in love with her.
(d) He wants to help her.

2. What is Belcour's ulterior motive in persuading La Rue to sail to America with him?
(a) Convincing Charlotte to accompany Montraville.
(b) Taking money from Charlotte.
(c) Getting La Rue fired from the school.
(d) Getting an attractive wife.

3. Why does Montraville consider before he meets Charlotte in Chichester who he hasn't seen for years?
(a) The reality of him remembering Montraville.
(b) The money situation he wants to avoid.
(c) The fairness of strking up a friendship or relationship.
(d) The distance they must travel.

4. What does John persuade Charlotte concerning his death?
(a) To forget him.
(b) To bury him.
(c) To hold him as he dies.
(d) To hold his hand as he dies.

5. How does Du Pont cheer up Charlotte after she agrees to go to America?
(a) With a pep talk.
(b) With a special dinner.
(c) With a note from her parents.
(d) With flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the way out of the party, whom do La Rue and her guest run into?

2. At the end of their first meeting, what does Charlotte agree to?

3. How does John get Charlotte to agree to travel to America when she makes her final stand to stay?

4. The second time Montraville sees Charlotte in Chichester, whom is she with?

5. About what does Lucy pray to God after Eldridge arrives home without Charlotte?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sort of note does Montraville give Charlotte?

2. What does Charlotte's wavering in seeing John again foreshadow?

3. What can readers infer about Mlle La Rue from her activities of flirting at church and her behavior at a "cousin's" house?

4. Why would Rowson intend this book for "sober matrons" daughters?

5. Why does Charlotte warn John not to abandon her in America?

6. How does the setting contribute to the tone of the novel?

7. Why is Charlotte's family history important?

8. What internal struggles does Charlotte develop concerning John and La Rue?

9. Why is Charlotte so ecstatic over the note Du Pont gives her from her parents?

10. Why would Henry discharge Eldridge's debt?

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