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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Cressida makes a surprise visit home during her tour, what does she find?
(a) Bouchalka having sex with the cook.
(b) Bouchalka has finished a marvelous opera.
(c) Bouchalka near death with the flu.
(d) Bouchalka has moved out of the home.

2. To where does Poppas move?
(a) Mexico.
(b) His city in Asia.
(c) London.
(d) Rangoon.

3. What is the major focus of Part 3?
(a) The relationship between Cressida and Charley.
(b) The friendship of Carrie and Cressida.
(c) The interaction of Cressida and her two sisters when they are young.
(d) How Cressida meets, marries and divorces Blasius Bouchalka.

4. How could Cressida's approach to her career be described?
(a) Cold and calculating.
(b) Slap happy.
(c) On again/off again enthusiasm.
(d) Winsome ways and dedicated work ethic.

5. To what does Bouchalka compare the cakes served at Cressida's home?
(a) Food from his native country.
(b) Communion wafers.
(c) The cake his mother loved.
(d) Food served at Jewish seder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Poppas periodically remind the Garnet sisters?

2. How does the title of this story figure in in this part of the reading of the letters?

3. To whom does Carrie write about the horrors of settling Cressida's will?

4. A second theme apparent in Part 2 might be what?

5. Who is the famous singer boarding a cruise ship in New York City?

(see the answer key)

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