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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who runs the school Portia attends?
(a) Miss Peach.
(b) Mrs. Heccomb.
(c) Miss Paullie.
(d) Mrs. Patterson.

2. What is the reason Thomas gives Anna for why he thinks Portia is upset in part 1, chapter 2?
(a) He gives no reason.
(b) Portia is beginning her menstrual cycle.
(c) Portia is missing her mother.
(d) Thomas said something hurtful to Portia.

3. Where does Anna send Portia in part 1, chapter 2?
(a) To Thomas's study.
(b) To the grocer.
(c) To the stables.
(d) To Portia's room.

4. What is Portia's last memory of her mother?
(a) Portia doesn't remember her mother at all.
(b) Driving her mother to the clinic.
(c) Waving goodbye to her mother from the deck of a boat.
(d) Driving her mother to the train station.

5. In what month does the novel begin?
(a) October.
(b) April.
(c) January.
(d) July.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Lilian at Portia's school?

2. Where did Mr. Quayne meet Irene?

3. What does Anna suggest that she, Thomas, and Portia should do together?

4. Who asks Major Brutt if he knows Robert Pidgeon?

5. What does Anna want Major Brutt to tell Robert Pidgeon?

(see the answer key)

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