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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator's name?
(a) Suzanne.
(b) Carrie.
(c) Miffy.
(d) Chessy.

2. Upon what does Poppas' retirement hinge?
(a) If his ailment worsens.
(b) If he does well in the stock market.
(c) When Cressida decides she no longer needs his services.
(d) If his wife will go with him.

3. What is the narrator's relationship to the famous person who is boarding the cruise ship?
(a) Sister-in-law.
(b) Sister.
(c) Aunt.
(d) Best friend.

4. What disease did Cressida's first husband contract?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Syphilis.
(d) Consumption.

5. As Cressida walks toward her stateroom, who does she encounter?
(a) Horace, Miss Julia, and Poppas.
(b) Horace and Poppas.
(c) Jerome and the Captain.
(d) The deck steward with another drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cressida do when she spies Carrie?

2. Why is Cressida not surprised to encounter Carrie?

3. Who does Cressida hope Carrie meets?

4. What does Cressida think might have been a better thing than to have married after the death of her first husband?

5. What else turns Cressida melancholy?

(see the answer key)

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