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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Portia's mother?
(a) Mrs. Quayne.
(b) She doesn't know.
(c) None of these is correct.
(d) Irene.

2. What position does Thomas hold at his work?
(a) He is a partner and partial owner.
(b) He is a supervisor.
(c) He owns the company.
(d) He is a lower-level employee.

3. How did Matchett feel about Mrs. Quayne sending Mr. Quayne away?
(a) Matchett felt that Mrs. Quayne should have tried to work things out with Mr. Quayne.
(b) Matchett felt that it was unforgivable.
(c) Matchett sympathized with her employer.
(d) Matchett had no feelings either way.

4. How does Portia respond to Matchett's opinion about Mrs. Quayne sending Mr. Quayne away?
(a) She doesn't say anything.
(b) She tells Matchett that they were happy, and that Matchett should not be angry with Mrs. Quayne.
(c) She agrees with Matchett, that the moving around was what led to her father's death.
(d) She agrees that she and her mother would have been happier without Mr. Quayne.

5. Where does Eddie work?
(a) With Major Brutt.
(b) With Thomas.
(c) He owns his own company.
(d) He doesn't have a job.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who introduced Anna and Eddie?

2. Whom does Anna run into as she is hailing a taxi?

3. Who stops by the Quaynes' home at the beginning of part 1, chapter 7?

4. In what time does the novel begin?

5. What did Mrs. Quayne do when she received the news that Portia had been born?

(see the answer key)

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