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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. What does Major Brutt send to Portia as a gift?
(a) A new dress.
(b) A puzzle.
(c) A bottle of wine.
(d) A necklace.

2. Where does Daphne work?
(a) In a nursery.
(b) In a school.
(c) In a doctor's office.
(d) In a library.

3. What does Thomas think the visitor might want?
(a) A job.
(b) Money.
(c) To see Portia.
(d) To see Anna.

4. 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.

5. Who introduced Anna and Eddie?
(a) Robert Pidgeon.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Major Brutt.
(d) Denis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Eddie soon after he met Anna?

2. In what city is the novel set?

3. Who had Portia's diary for nine days?

4. Whom does Anna run into as she is hailing a taxi?

5. What did Portia's mother think about Anna?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Portia tell Lilian about why she likes Eddie?

3. What attracted Thomas most to Anna?

4. Why does Daphne feel grumpy around Portia when she first meets her?

5. What does Eddie tell Portia to do with her diary?

6. Why does Mr. Bursely make Portia so uncomfortable at the party?

7. What does Anna think caused Portia to want not to come home?

8. How does Matchett feel about Mrs. Quayne?

9. What happens at the movie theater?

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

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