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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Eddie go back to London on Sunday night?
(a) He doesn't want to be around Portia anymore.
(b) He promised his landlady he would be back before the weekend was over.
(c) He has to work in the morning.
(d) He has to take care of his pets.

2. How does Portia feel about herself when the teacher reprimands her?
(a) She is somehow different, and less, than all the other girls are.
(b) She will never amount to anything, and should stop trying.
(c) She is just another teenage girl, no different from the rest of her class.
(d) She is somehow more mature than the rest of her class.

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

4. What is the reason Portia gives Lilian for why she is going to confront Eddie in chapter 3?
(a) She wants to make amends because she feels that Eddie's philandering is her fault somehow.
(b) She wants to know how he truly feels about her.
(c) She wants to leave him.
(d) She wants to confront him about the way he and Anna have been plotting behind her back.

5. Who introduced Anna and Eddie?
(a) Major Brutt.
(b) Denis.
(c) Robert Pidgeon.
(d) Thomas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Portia write anything about her outings with Eddie in her diary?

2. What is the relationship between Dickie and Daphne?

3. What is Anna upset with Portia about in part 1, chapter 2?

4. Who sends Anna the bouquet of pink carnations?

5. What was the excuse Eddie gave Anna for his behavior toward her?

(see the answer key)

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