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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Daisy Miller tell Winterbourne about her trip?
(a) all the bad experiences she has had
(b) the different kinds of weather she has seen
(c) the problem she has meeting men
(d) all the good shopping since being in Europe

2. What does Winterbourne conclude he would deucedly enjoy?
(a) pulling Mrs. Miller's hair
(b) kicking Eugenio
(c) going off with Daisy
(d) pushing Daisy into the lake

3. Why do they meet where he is waiting?
(a) Daisy made the arrangement
(b) Randolph hates the main hall
(c) Daisy's mother is in the back garden
(d) he cannot go up to her room

4. What secretly pleases Winterbourne?
(a) that she makes such a spectacle of herself
(b) that people look at how pretty she is
(c) that no men try to speak to her
(d) that she doesn't look at any men

5. How does Eugenio react on hearing that Daisy is going to Chillon Castle with Winterbourne?
(a) glad to be relieved of watching her
(b) upset that he has to deal with the younger brother
(c) openly showing his disapproval
(d) afraid that Mrs. Miller will fire him

6. What has Mrs. Costello done after seeing the Millers in the hotel?
(a) kept out of their way
(b) had a migraine headache
(c) sent them an invitation to tea
(d) introduced herself

7. What does Daisy accuse her mother of doing?
(a) hiding from Randolph
(b) looking for gentlemen
(c) poking around
(d) making a scene

8. How does Mrs. Costello see Daisy?
(a) as arrogant
(b) as stupid and unstylish
(c) as a gold digger
(d) as coarse and a flirt

9. Why does Daisy think they send all the pretty dresses from France to America?
(a) they don't wear dresses in Europe
(b) there are no dress shops in Europe
(c) the ones in Europe are frightful
(d) only Americans can afford them

10. What habit does Daisy have that is different from European girls?
(a) she looks people directly in the eye without blushing
(b) she keeps her eyes down and never looks at anyone
(c) she holds her nose in the air and is unfriendly
(d) she laughs loudly and calls attention to herself

11. What shocks Mrs. Costello when Winterbourne tells her where he was all afternoon?
(a) that he was alone with Daisy
(b) that the courier stayed out of sight
(c) that Mrs. Miller went with them on the steamer
(d) that he nearly fell from the steamer

12. What could Daisy not say when introducing Winterbourne to her mother?
(a) his full name
(b) how old he is
(c) how long she has known him
(d) where he is from

13. What does Daisy suspect about Winterbourne's return to Geneva?
(a) he likes to break hearts
(b) he's bored with her company
(c) he has a girlfriend there
(d) he wants to get away from her

14. What does Daisy realize from Winterbourne's excuses about his aunt?
(a) that she doesn't want to meet Daisy
(b) that he doesn't really have an aunt in the hotel
(c) that she is very ill
(d) that he has not spoken to his aunt

15. What circumstance about Winterbourne does Mrs. Costello think makes him naive about girls like Daisy?
(a) his being away from America for a long time
(b) his weakness for anything that wears a skirt
(c) his limited education in Europe
(d) his moving only in the best society

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Costello say about meeting Daisy Miller?

2. What does Eugenio suggest to Daisy?

3. In Mrs. Costello's opinion, what may well-bred young ladies not do?

4. What does Winterbourne say he was doing while not talking with Daisy?

5. What bothers Winterbourne about Daisy's attitude toward the courier?

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