3. How does Mrs. Heccomb know Anna?
(a) She was a friend of Anna's mother.
(b) She was Anna's governess.
(c) She is a friend of Thomas's family.
(d) She is a relative.

4. To what did Eddie limit his communication with Anna after he began working for Thomas?
(a) He wrote letters to her.
(b) He stopped by once a week.
(c) He sent messengers to her home to deliver telegrams.
(d) He sent her flowers, and called her occasionally.

5. What did Anna do for Eddie shortly after their first argument?
(a) She asked Thomas to get Eddie a job.
(b) She began cooking for him every night.
(c) She bought him a new suit.
(d) She sent him a bouquet of flowers.

6. What is happening at the Quaynes' home in April?
(a) Anna and Thomas are traveling abroad.
(b) Eddie is staying with the Quaynes for a week.
(c) Portia is staying alone with Matchett for a week.
(d) Portia is traveling abroad.

7. Why doesn't Portia write anything about her outings with Eddie in her diary?
(a) Eddie would not want her to.
(b) She doesn't like to write about her feelings.
(c) It is difficult for her to find words to describe him.
(d) She only writes about major events in her diary.

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

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

10. What was Eddie's reaction to the favor that Anna did for him?
(a) He was ungrateful and callous.
(b) He never knew that it was Anna's doing.
(c) He thanked her, and apologized for his recent behavior.
(d) He thanked her, but continued to act oafish around her.

11. What did Mrs. Quayne do when she received the news that Portia had been born?
(a) Went out to lunch and didn't come back until late.
(b) Played the piano until dinner.
(c) Shut herself in her room for the rest of the day.
(d) Mrs. Quayne never received the news of Portia's birth.

12. For how long did Eddie and Anna see one another regularly?
(a) Six months.
(b) One month.
(c) A year.
(d) Six weeks.

13. What happened to Anna just before she met Thomas?
(a) She suffered a miscarriage.
(b) Her mother died.
(c) She came out of a failed relationship.
(d) She came back from a trip abroad.

14. What does Anna want Major Brutt to tell Robert Pidgeon?
(a) She wants Major Brutt to give Robert her love.
(b) She wants Major Brutt to ask Robert to visit her.
(c) She wants Major Brutt to ask Robert for some of her things.
(d) She wants Major Brutt to tell Robert how much he has hurt her.

15. What does Matchett find when she tries to fluff Portia's pillow?
(a) Portia's letter to Major Brutt.
(b) Portia's diary.
(c) Anna's necklace that Portia stole.
(d) Eddie's letter to Portia.