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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Portia almost hit by a car on her walk with Thomas?
(a) She is lost in her own thoughts, and looking at the ground.
(b) She is deliberately taking risks because she is depressed.
(c) She looks up and waves at the window where Anna is standing.
(d) She is staring at someone across the street.

2. What does Major Brutt tell Portia about getting her heart broken?
(a) That it's not really so bad once you get used to it.
(b) That it is simply part of growing up.
(c) That she should not be upset because Eddie was no good for her anyway.
(d) That there is no need for her to cry, because it won't fix anything.

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

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

5. 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 make amends because she feels that Eddie's philandering is her fault somehow.
(c) She wants to know how he truly feels about her.
(d) She wants to confront him about the way he and Anna have been plotting behind her back.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Major Brutt want to take Portia home?

2. Who tells Portia that they will be sorry to see her go?

3. Whom is Portia daydreaming about in church at the beginning of chapter 4?

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

5. What physical change has come over Portia during her trip?

(see the answer keys)

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