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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 disappointment does John claim to have concerning Charlotte toward her parents?
(a) That she wants to live with her parents and not him.
(b) That she thinks her parents can care for her better than he can.
(c) That she trusts her parents' care more than his.
(d) That she loves her parents more than she does him.

2. If John cannot get Charlotte to sail with him, what does he hope happens to him?
(a) To find a new love quickly.
(b) To build a new relationship.
(c) To get amnesia.
(d) To die swiftly.

3. After Charlotte reads the note from her parents about her party, what does she tell La Rue?
(a) She questions her motives.
(b) She rejoices she has not ruined her life.
(c) She knows her parents are insincere.
(d) She packs to return to her parents.

4. What does La Rue think of Charlotte?
(a) Charlotte is her favorite student.
(b) Charlotte is helpful and kind.
(c) Charlotte is distrustful and vain.
(d) Charlotte is a simpleton.

5. What does Charlotte warn John about after she agrees to go to America?
(a) Not to start a family with her.
(b) Not to abandon her in America.
(c) Not to go away to war.
(d) Not to steal her money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John think Charlotte's parents will react when they return?

2. Where are Lt. John Montraville and Belcour's deployments?

3. Whose house does La Rue claim is hosting the party she attends?

4. At the end of their first meeting, what does John beg of Charlotte?

5. How does Henry feel about Lucy during their first meeting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does money become an immediate symbol in the novel?

4. How do the Temples' plans for a birthday party for Charlotte build suspense?

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

6. What is the purpose of Rowson giving information about "Content"?

7. Why is Charlotte's family history important?

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

9. What sort of note does Montraville give Charlotte?

10. How does Charlotte perceive the evening at La Rue's "cousin's" house, and what does this say about Charlotte?

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