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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Portia refuses to go home, what does Eddie do?
(a) Takes her back to his place.
(b) Walks home, leaving her alone.
(c) Stays in the park with her.
(d) Calls her a cab.

3. What does Portia leave behind at Eddie's house?
(a) Her school bag.
(b) Her locket.
(c) A letter for him.
(d) Her coin purse.

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. What is Anna's rationale for why she dislikes Portia so much?
(a) Portia reminds her of herself at that age.
(b) Portia's presence reminds Anna of the children she might have had.
(c) Anna does not dislike Portia.
(d) She blames Portia for her recent poor relationship with Thomas.

9. Whom does Eddie flirt with at Bursely's party?
(a) Portia, then Evelyn.
(b) Daphne, then Portia.
(c) Clara, then Evelyn.
(d) All of the women present.

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

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

12. Whose lighter is used at the movie theatre?
(a) Eddie's.
(b) Daphne's.
(c) Clara's.
(d) Dickie's.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Portia now see, as a result of her argument with Eddie?

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

3. Why does Eddie call Anna at the beginning of chapter 3?

4. With whom is Eddie holding hands at the movie theatre?

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

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