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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How might one characterize Poppas?
(a) A man of simple habits.
(b) An extravagant wastrel.
(c) A dilettante.
(d) An addicted gambler.

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

3. Who decides to end Cressida's third marriage?
(a) Her third husband.
(b) Her son Horace blackmails Cressida to do so since he hated the third husband.
(c) Cressida.
(d) It was a mutual decision between Cressida and her third husband.

4. In between marriages, how many suitors does Cressida tend to have?
(a) Numerous.
(b) One or two.
(c) None.
(d) It is not stated in the novel.

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

6. Why does Julia return to her stateroom?
(a) Because Poppas insulted her.
(b) To get a will
(c) Because the seas grow rougher and the weather colder.
(d) To change for dinner.

7. Who does Carrie think would remain by her side no matter how rich or poor Cressida is?
(a) Mr. Brown.
(b) Poppas.
(c) Miss Julia.
(d) Horace.

8. Why do Carrie and Cressida walk away together?
(a) So they can talk privately.
(b) To have a sexual liaison.
(c) To go make arrangements to walk Cressida's dog.
(d) So the photographers can't find them.

9. Where do Cressida's two sisters want to live?
(a) In Paris.
(b) In London.
(c) In their hometown in Ohio.
(d) In New York City with Cressida.

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

11. What type of child was Cressida?
(a) An aloof, fearful child.
(b) A lonely, shy child.
(c) An engaging, happy child.
(d) An extremely intelligent child.

12. What is a word Cassie uses to describe Cressida's approach to her work?
(a) Certainty.
(b) Hesitance.
(c) Languor.
(d) Obnoxiousness.

13. Why do Cressida's sisters believe Poppas remains in Cressida's life?
(a) To keep Cressida safe from abusive husbands.
(b) To gain an inheritance.
(c) To benefit from her success.
(d) To make the sisters miserable.

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

15. How do Cressida's sisters and son justify their greed?
(a) That they earn it by their relationship to her.
(b) That she has more than she could ever want.
(c) If they don't get her money, Poppas will.
(d) That they are her ever-loyal supporters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is probably the most positive emotion that exists between Poppas and Julie?

2. How does Cressida's trust in and loyalty to Poppas reflect some other aspect in her life?

3. Besides her accompanist, what else is Poppas to Cressida?

4. Who is jealous of Cressida's success?

5. At what do Cressida's sisters marvel?

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