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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cressida say she would have done about marrying her first husband had she known he would die so soon after?
(a) She does not know how she would feel.
(b) She would have just been lovers with him.
(c) She would have married him anyway.
(d) Should would have not even become acquainted with him.

2. How does Cressida's trust in and loyalty to Poppas reflect some other aspect in her life?
(a) It reflects the same relationship between Cressida and her husbands.
(b) It reflects the same relationship between Cressida and her sisters.
(c) It reflects the same relationship between Cressida and her son.
(d) It may reflect the extent to which she lacks trust and loyalty in other parts of her life.

3. Several themes are apparent in Part 2; one theme might be what?
(a) Embezzlement.
(b) Being a fugitive.
(c) Greed.
(d) Murder.

4. What else turns Cressida melancholy?
(a) Why an aura of sadness follows her as she journeys through life.
(b) The prospect of more singing engagements in London.
(c) The fear that she will never find true love again since her first husband's death.
(d) Thinking about the death of her poodle last month.

5. Who knows Cressida more than any other person?
(a) Charley.
(b) Poppas.
(c) Julia.
(d) Carrie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bouchalka's real passion in the world of music?

2. How does Cressida explain her melancholy to Carrie?

3. Why is Carrie able to spend a lot of time with Cressida over the next several days?

4. What is the narrator's name?

5. How do Carrie and Cressida first meet?

(see the answer key)

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