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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does Poppas periodically remind the Garnet sisters?
(a) That the upcoming financial market is likely to be grim because of the stock market crash.
(b) That Horace is likely to inherit all his mother's estate.
(c) That Poppas is the reason for Cressida's success.
(d) That arguments among them all could result in their financial situation changing.

2. What does Carrie realize about the group with whom Cressida travels?
(a) How intricately attached each of them is to Cressida.
(b) How much they adore Cressida.
(c) That they are like sharks circling.
(d) That there is only one woman among them.

3. Where does Cressida ask Carrie if she has visited lately?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Milan.
(c) Columbus.
(d) Paris.

4. What did Cressida once worry about when she was broke?
(a) Having enough money to bury her first husband.
(b) If she and her son would be put out on the streets.
(c) Whether she'd have enough food for herself and Horace.
(d) If she would be able to afford a gown to apply for a part on Broadway.

5. Of what does Cressida disapprove about her son?
(a) That he isn't musically inclined.
(b) His gambling losses.
(c) That he looks so much like a gangster in the way he dresses.
(d) His new fiance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disappoints Cressida's sisters?

2. How does Bouchalka explain Cressida's discovery?

3. Who is named executors of Cressida's will?

4. About whom is the narrating talking at the beginning of Part 4?

5. To whom does Cressida write a note to express her pleasure at the performance in the restaurant?

(see the answer key)

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