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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Portia that she hurt someone's feelings?
(a) Cecil.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Dickie.
(d) Daphne.

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

3. What does Matchett think has changed about Portia while she was at Waikiki?
(a) She is more timid.
(b) She doesn't seem happy.
(c) She is more outspoken.
(d) She is less confident.

4. What is Anna doing while she is standing at the window?
(a) Trying to escape her thoughts.
(b) Looking at the scenic view, which she had missed during her trip abroad.
(c) Spying on Thomas and Portia.
(d) Looking to see if Thomas would be home soon.

5. Whom is Portia daydreaming about in church at the beginning of chapter 4?
(a) Mr. Bursely.
(b) Dickie.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Cecil.

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

7. What does Eddie expect of Portia while he visits her at Waikiki?
(a) That she will not speak to Dickie, or any other man.
(b) That if anyone gives him trouble she will defend him.
(c) That she will pretend that she doesn't know him very well.
(d) That she will devote all of her time to entertaining him.

8. Why does Dickie ask Portia to dance?
(a) Because he likes Portia.
(b) Because he thinks Portia might be lonely.
(c) Because he wants to annoy his sister.
(d) Because he wants to make Clara jealous.

9. What does Anna do as soon as she returns home from her trip abroad?
(a) She starts cleaning.
(b) She calls Major Brutt.
(c) She starts complaining.
(d) She retires to her room.

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

11. How many parties has Portia been to?
(a) Only a few, never with many people.
(b) None; Daphne's party is her first.
(c) A few, but only hosted by family.
(d) Too many for her to count.

12. With whom is Eddie holding hands at the movie theatre?
(a) Daphne.
(b) No one.
(c) Clara.
(d) Portia.

13. What makes Daphne's friends warm up to Portia?
(a) Her relationship with the Quaynes.
(b) The mention of a boyfriend.
(c) Her outgoing personality.
(d) Knowledge that she is an orphan.

14. With whom does Portia go on a date in chapter 5?
(a) Cecil.
(b) Dickie.
(c) Bursely.
(d) Eddie.

15. Why is Portia almost hit by a car on her walk with Thomas?
(a) She is staring at someone across the street.
(b) She looks up and waves at the window where Anna is standing.
(c) She is deliberately taking risks because she is depressed.
(d) She is lost in her own thoughts, and looking at the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to St. Quentin, what is friendship often about?

2. Where is Portia during Anna's lunch with Major Brutt and the Peppinghams?

3. Who sends Anna the bouquet of pink carnations?

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

5. Who comes to visit Portia in chapter 8?

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