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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) Eighteen.
(c) Thirty-one.
(d) Twenty-six.

2. Who are the first characters introduced in the novel?
(a) Thomas and Mr. Quayne.
(b) Portia and Thomas.
(c) Anna and St. Quentin.
(d) Anna and Portia.

3. Who runs the school Portia attends?
(a) Mrs. Heccomb.
(b) Miss Paullie.
(c) Mrs. Patterson.
(d) Miss Peach.

4. What is happening at the Quaynes' home in April?
(a) Portia is traveling abroad.
(b) Portia is staying alone with Matchett for a week.
(c) Anna and Thomas are traveling abroad.
(d) Eddie is staying with the Quaynes for a week.

5. How does Mrs. Heccomb know Anna?
(a) She is a relative.
(b) She is a friend of Thomas's family.
(c) She was Anna's governess.
(d) She was a friend of Anna's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Matchett feel about Mrs. Quayne sending Mr. Quayne away?

2. In what month does the novel begin?

3. What does Anna want Major Brutt to tell Robert Pidgeon?

4. What relationship exists between Mrs. Heccomb and Daphne?

5. What is the school Portia attends like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What attracted Thomas most to Anna?

2. What advice does Daphne give Portia, regarding Eddie?

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

4. What is contained in the first three letters Portia receives from London?

5. What does St. Quentin tell Portia about friendship?

6. How does Anna know Mrs. Heccomb?

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

8. Why does Portia have to go stay on the coast in spring?

9. What does Thomas wonder when Major Brutt visits?

10. Why does Dickie ask Portia to dance at the party?

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