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

2. Who answers the door for the visitor in part 1, chapter 7?
(a) Anna.
(b) Portia.
(c) Phyllis.
(d) Matchett.

3. What does Lilian ask Portia at lunch in part 1, chapter 4?
(a) Why Portia hadn't told her about the letter.
(b) What happened to Portia's parents.
(c) If Portia is inattentive in class because she is ill.
(d) Why Portia has been absent so much in recent days.

4. Where is Portia during Anna's lunch with Major Brutt and the Peppinghams?
(a) Walking with Eddie.
(b) Visiting Thomas at work.
(c) Having tea, with Lilian.
(d) In the garden, writing in her diary.

5. What is Eddie's response when Portia confronts him about her diary?
(a) That Anna told Eddie of it first.
(b) That St. Quentin told Eddie, after Anna told St. Quentin.
(c) That Anna insisted on sharing it with him, against his will.
(d) That he let Anna read it during the time that he borrowed it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the first characters introduced in the novel?

2. What did Mr. Bursely call Portia?

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

4. What possession of Portia's does Anna find in chapter 1?

5. When does Matchett come to wish Portia goodnight?

(see the answer key)

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