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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Portia tell Major Brutt about Thomas and Anna?
(a) That they have forbidden her to return home.
(b) That they are cruel to her and don't want her to live with them anymore.
(c) That they make fun of him behind his back.
(d) That Anna and Eddie are lovers, and Thomas doesn't know.

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

3. Why does Eddie tell Portia to go away in chapter 7?
(a) His feelings for her are stronger than the ones she has for him.
(b) He wants to be alone for a while.
(c) He doesn't want to hurt her.
(d) He feels smothered, because he doesn't feel for her what she feels for him.

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

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

6. According to St. Quentin, what is friendship often about?
(a) Overlooking others' faults.
(b) Finding someone with fewer faults than oneself.
(c) Emphasizing others' faults.
(d) Pretending that others have no faults.

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

8. Whom does Portia run to see after her breakup with Eddie?
(a) Anna.
(b) Daphne.
(c) Lilian.
(d) Major Brutt.

9. How did St. Quentin's words about trust and honor make Portia feel?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Comforted.
(c) Confident.
(d) Betrayed.

10. What physical change has come over Portia during her trip?
(a) She is very pale.
(b) She has more color in her cheeks.
(c) She has gained weight.
(d) She has lost weight.

11. Which room does Portia think Eddie might stay in if he came to visit her at Waikiki?
(a) Dickie's room.
(b) Portia's room.
(c) A small one, filled with cardboard boxes.
(d) She won't consider having him visit; it would be improper.

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

13. Who tells Portia that they will be sorry to see her go?
(a) Daphne.
(b) Clara.
(c) Dickie.
(d) Evelyn.

14. How does Major Brutt feel about Eddie?
(a) He always thought he was kind but misguided.
(b) He didn't know him well enough to have an opinion.
(c) He didn't know him well, but liked him well enough.
(d) He never really liked him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Daphne give Portia regarding Eddie?

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

3. Whose lighter is used at the movie theatre?

4. When Portia comes home early, whom does she find having tea with Anna?

5. What does Daphne want to know about Portia?

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