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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Portia comes home early, whom does she find having tea with Anna?
(a) Robert Pidgeon.
(b) Major Brutt.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Eddie.

2. Who begins to cry on the balcony?
(a) Daphne.
(b) Portia.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Clara.

3. Why does Portia begin to gain respect for Daphne?
(a) She finds out that Daphne is a foster mother.
(b) She goes to visit Daphne at work.
(c) She meets Daphne's friends.
(d) She meets Daphne's boyfriend.

4. Who comes to dinner at the end of chapter 6?
(a) Robert Pidgeon.
(b) Major Brutt.
(c) Cecil.
(d) Bursely.

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

6. Why does Portia refuse to go home after her breakup with Eddie?
(a) She wants to go back to Eddie's.
(b) She doesn't want to face Thomas.
(c) She doesn't want to face Anna.
(d) Matchett is not there to protect her.

7. What does Mrs. Heccomb think of Eddie?
(a) She thinks he is a friend of the Quaynes' who is just coming to check up on Portia.
(b) She thinks that he is Portia's boyfriend.
(c) She thinks that he is a friend of Matchett's, coming to check up on Portia.
(d) She thinks that he is just a friend of Portia's.

8. What does Daphne want to know about Portia?
(a) If she really has a boyfriend.
(b) If she really is an orphan.
(c) Where she has lived before.
(d) If she is attracted to Dickie.

9. Eddie tells Portia that he will always love her, as long as she doesn't do what?
(a) Lie to him.
(b) Date anyone else.
(c) Change, or grow up.
(d) Cheat on him.

10. With whom does Portia begin to develop a friendship in chapter 8?
(a) Evelyn.
(b) Anna.
(c) Robert Pidgeon.
(d) Clara.

11. What does St. Quentin tell Portia during their walk to Mandeville Place?
(a) That Anna dislikes Portia intensely, and wishes she were gone.
(b) That Portia should find a new place to keep her diary.
(c) That he is in love with Anna.
(d) That she should not associate herself with people like the Quaynes.

12. Whose feelings did Portia hurt by not spending enough time with them?
(a) Cecil's.
(b) Dickie's.
(c) Eddie's.
(d) Daphne's.

13. What does Cecil ask Portia at the end of chapter 4?
(a) If she has a boyfriend.
(b) Why she is staying with Mrs. Heccomb.
(c) If she will go on a date with him.
(d) Where her parents are.

14. Whom does Eddie ask first for a ride to the train station?
(a) Daphne.
(b) Portia.
(c) Clara.
(d) Evelyn.

15. How does Portia respond when Eddie walks away during their argument?
(a) She screams insults at his retreating back.
(b) She lets him go, then runs home to cry on Daphne's shoulder.
(c) She says that he is her reason for living, and promises to try to get used to the way he is.
(d) She lets him go, then sits down and cries alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eddie expect of Portia while he visits her at Waikiki?

2. How many parties has Portia been to?

3. With whom does Portia go on a date in chapter 5?

4. How does Eddie respond to Portia's confronting him about holding hands at the movie theatre?

5. What does Anna suddenly want to do with her letters from Robert Pidgeon?

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