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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who had Portia's diary for nine days?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Matchett.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Anna.
2. Who is Portia?
(a) Thomas's cousin.
(b) Anna's sister.
(c) Thomas's sister.
(d) Anna's daughter.
3. What does Major Brutt send to Portia as a gift?
(a) A bottle of wine.
(b) A new dress.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A puzzle.
4. What was Eddie's reaction to the favor that Anna did for him?
(a) He thanked her, and apologized for his recent behavior.
(b) He was ungrateful and callous.
(c) He thanked her, but continued to act oafish around her.
(d) He never knew that it was Anna's doing.
5. 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 from when she lived in Switzerland.
(d) He is a friend of her parents'.
6. What was the agreement that Anna and Eddie reached after Eddie got his job?
(a) They agreed to close the door on their former relationship.
(b) They agreed to pretend that nothing had happened between them.
(c) They agreed to continue seeing each other, but only in secret.
(d) They agreed to get along for Thomas's sake.
7. How long is Portia supposed to stay with Anna and Thomas?
(a) Five years.
(b) One year.
(c) One month.
(d) Six months.
8. Who is to be Portia's date for Daphne's dance party?
(a) Dickie.
(b) Bursely.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Cecil.
9. What position does Thomas hold at his work?
(a) He is a partner and partial owner.
(b) He is a lower-level employee.
(c) He is a supervisor.
(d) He owns the company.
10. Who asks Major Brutt if he knows Robert Pidgeon?
(a) No one, Major Brutt brought it up.
(b) Anna.
(c) Portia.
(d) Thomas.
11. What does Thomas think the visitor might want?
(a) A job.
(b) To see Portia.
(c) Money.
(d) To see Anna.
12. Whom does Anna run into as she is hailing a taxi?
(a) Major Brutt.
(b) Mrs. Heccomb.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Robert Pidgeon.
13. Thomas states that people are "minor in everything but" what?
(a) Their families.
(b) Their passions.
(c) Their work.
(d) Their communities.
14. What are Eddie and Portia doing in the beginning of part 1, chapter 8?
(a) Walking in the park.
(b) Walking home from Portia's school.
(c) Having tea.
(d) Going to the movie theater.
15. What does Lilian ask Portia at lunch in part 1, chapter 4?
(a) Why Portia hadn't told her about the letter.
(b) Why Portia has been absent so much in recent days.
(c) If Portia is inattentive in class because she is ill.
(d) What happened to Portia's parents.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where will Portia be staying while Anna and Thomas are away?
2. What do Portia and her friend take a path through to get to school?
3. What did Portia's mother think about Anna?
4. What did Eddie to do Anna that upset her?
5. In what city is the novel set?
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