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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 happens when Daisy goes out alone with gentlemen?
(a) everyone thinks it's only an American custom
(b) people follow her to see what she's doing
(c) no one really notices
(d) doubt is cast on her character

2. What is Daisy's younger brother's name?
(a) Rudolph G. Miller
(b) Randolph C. Miller
(c) Rudolph C. Miller
(d) Randolph G. Miller

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

4. What is a young American named Winterbourne doing in Vevey, Switzerland?
(a) writing a book
(b) going to school
(c) taking the hot baths
(d) visiting his aunt

5. What is Winterbourne's impression of himself?
(a) waiting for her to speak first
(b) embarrassed to be with her
(c) interested in the direction of the castle
(d) grinning from ear to ear

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the opinion of the locals and certain hotel guests about the Millers?

2. Given the chance to row off in the night with Winterbourne, what action indicates Daisy might not be as loose as people think?

3. What bargain does Daisy strike to stop teasing Winterbourne?

4. Why does Winterbourne not visit his aunt in the hotel?

5. How does Henry James describe Mrs. Miller?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the main conflict of the novel.

4. What does Winterbourne observe about Daisy and her mother?

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

6. What is the contradiction in Daisy among the Americans?

7. What is it that Daisy does that causes so much gossip among the Americans?

8. Is there any indication in the first book that Winterbourne is concerned about Daisy's reputation?

9. Relate an example of Daisy's stopping before going too far.

10. What are the questions James raises about Daisy Miller?

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