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

2. What is Daisy's response when Eugenio asks if she intends to go alone?
(a) yes, she knows how to row
(b) no, with this gentleman
(c) no, she's taking Randolph
(d) of course, she's a big girl now

3. How does Mrs. Costello epitomize the double standard of the day when her nephew tells her about his outing with Daisy?
(a) she tells her nephew to do his work in secret
(b) she tells her nephew he cannot come to see her again
(c) she accuses her nephew of corrupting a girl
(d) she assigns guilt to Daisy

4. Who does Mrs. Costello say would never behave the way Daisy does?
(a) her friends' daughters
(b) French debutantes
(c) Swiss girls
(d) her granddaughters

5. What does Winterbourne say his function is for the trip to Chillon Castle?
(a) baggage handler
(b) driver
(c) chaperon
(d) guide

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Winterbourne conclude he would deucedly enjoy?

2. How does Mrs. Costello see Daisy?

3. What does Daisy ask Winterbourne if he would do?

4. Where does Daisy's brother say his father is?

5. Where does Winterbourne wait for Daisy to join him for the trip to the castle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the basis on which the questions of Daisy's innocence is judged?

2. Describe how one of the two main characters is introduced at the beginning of the novel.

3. Describe briefly how Daisy enjoys creating a fuss.

4. What is it in Daisy's conversation that Winterbourne misses that should have told him how Daisy is feeling about him?

5. What is the irony of Mrs. Costello's nieces in America?

6. Describe Daisy's coquettish behavior with Winterbourne on the way to Chillon.

7. Describe the main conflict of the novel.

8. Explain Winterbourne's first impression of Daisy.

9. What shows Daisy's awareness of the American expatriates' snobbishness?

10. What behavior on the part of the Millers accentuates the European-American conflict?

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