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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Anna when she married Thomas?
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Twenty-six.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Thirty-one.

2. Why is Thomas surprised to see his visitor in part 1, chapter 7?
(a) Thomas was expecting someone different.
(b) Major Brutt was angry with Anna and they didn't think he'd ever come back.
(c) The Quaynes rarely get visitors, and Thomas is used to his privacy.
(d) He thought Major Brutt was traveling abroad.

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

4. What did Portia's mother think about Anna?
(a) That she was stuck up, and probably laughed at the way Portia's family lived.
(b) That she loved her like her own daughter.
(c) That she didn't know her well enough to judge her.
(d) That she was a sweet girl, and she wished she had gotten to know her better.

5. Where does Thomas work?
(a) An advertising agency.
(b) A law firm.
(c) A railroad station.
(d) A printing company.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anna suggest that she, Thomas, and Portia should do together?

2. How does Thomas feel about having someone in his study at the end of a day?

3. Where will Portia be staying while Anna and Thomas are away?

4. What relation is Anna to Thomas?

5. What is Anna upset with Portia about in part 1, chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Major Brutt respond when Portia asks him if he would marry her?

2. Why did Anna and Thomas decide not to have any children?

3. What does Thomas wonder when Major Brutt visits?

4. How does Thomas feel about Portia?

5. What happens when Anna and Thomas come home from their trip?

6. What do Portia and Lilian talk about during school lunch in chapter 4?

7. How did Eddie get a position working for Thomas?

8. Portia tells Lilian she wants to confront Eddie about what?

9. How does Thomas react to Portia visiting him in his study?

10. What did Eddie do to Anna, after knowing her for several weeks, that upset her?

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