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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Anna upset about Portia's distress in part 1, chapter 2?
(a) Anna feels guilty for causing Portia to be upset.
(b) Anna loves Portia, and hates seeing her upset.
(c) Anna is angry with Thomas for making Portia upset.
(d) Anna hates having someone in the house that she must pity, but can't even pretend to love.

2. Whom does Anna run into as she is hailing a taxi?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Robert Pidgeon.
(c) Mrs. Heccomb.
(d) Major Brutt.

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

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

5. What does Thomas tell Portia about love?
(a) That it is nice, but not a necessity.
(b) That it is necessary for living.
(c) That it is a mistake.
(d) That it is the greatest thing to which people can aspire.

6. What did Portia's father say about Thomas and Anna's home?
(a) That he had seen it, but wasn't that impressed.
(b) That he had seen it, and thought it was beautiful.
(c) That he had never seen it, but imagined it was regal and gorgeous.
(d) That he hadn't seen it, but didn't imagine that it was very nice.

7. When does Matchett come to wish Portia goodnight?
(a) When Portia is not feeling well.
(b) When Matchett is working late.
(c) When the Quaynes are out.
(d) Every night.

8. How does Portia feel about school?
(a) She enjoys it because it's a break from her home.
(b) She enjoys it because it's a challenge.
(c) She doesn't like it and gets in trouble a lot.
(d) She doesn't mind it, but isn't excited about it.

9. In what time does the novel begin?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1890s.
(d) 1830s.

10. What are Eddie and Portia doing in the beginning of part 1, chapter 8?
(a) Walking home from Portia's school.
(b) Walking in the park.
(c) Having tea.
(d) Going to the movie theater.

11. What does Thomas notice about Portia and Eddie the first time he sees them together?
(a) Portia seems taken with Eddie, but he is aloof to her.
(b) Thomas is relieved to see that they seem to be just friends.
(c) Eddie seems taken with Portia, but she is aloof to him.
(d) They are standing so close that they are almost holding hands.

12. How does Daphne greet Portia?
(a) She nods to Portia, and goes back to her reading.
(b) She ignores Portia completely.
(c) She introduces herself, and asks about Thomas and Anna.
(d) She turns off her radio and shakes Portia's hand.

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

14. How does Portia know Eddie?
(a) He is her caretaker when Anna and Thomas go on trips.
(b) He is a friend of Anna's.
(c) He is a friend of her parents'.
(d) He is a friend from when she lived in Switzerland.

15. How does Thomas feel about having someone in his study at the end of a day?
(a) He welcomes the company.
(b) He doesn't mind either way.
(c) He feels somewhat unnerved and violated.
(d) He is furious.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what month does the novel begin?

3. Who is to be Portia's date for Daphne's dance party?

4. What does Thomas think of Anna's idea that Portia is unnerving when she stares at them?

5. What was the agreement that Anna and Eddie reached after Eddie got his job?

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