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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what question does Horace interrupt the two women's conversation?
(a) If his mother would join him for a nightcap alone.
(b) If they would like to go for a walk before retiring for the evening.
(c) If the two women knew where Aunt Julia is.
(d) If his mother would loan him a thousand dollars as he wants to marry.

2. How does Cressida explain her upcoming marriage to Carrie?
(a) As an impulsive decision of just a few months of knowing each other.
(b) As something that is grounded in years of building mutual trust.
(c) As the need for Cressida to present a "normal" public face.
(d) As the desire for a man to take care of her.

3. How does Cressida explain her sister's presence?
(a) Her sister is dying and this will be her last good time on earth.
(b) Her sister is good company.
(c) Her sister needs to manager Cressida's entourage.
(d) Her sister has come to expect to be able to accompany her on these types of trips.

4. What does Cressida do when she spies Carrie?
(a) Waves at her from where she is lying on a deck lounger.
(b) Yells at her angrily about a suitcase mix-up.
(c) Rises and greets her warmly.
(d) Turns away and pretends not to see her.

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

6. 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 would be able to afford a gown to apply for a part on Broadway.
(d) If she and her son would be put out on the streets.

7. What in Cressida's life had scandalous potential?
(a) The numerous lovers Cressida has while married.
(b) The rumor that she has had affairs with women as well as men.
(c) The fact that Horace does not resemble his alleged father.
(d) Cressida's relationship with Poppas.

8. What statement is true concerning Poppas and Cressida?
(a) That they only tolerate each other for the money they make together.
(b) That they will eventually marry.
(c) That neither could have become successful without the other.
(d) That they are unbeknown to others actually half siblings.

9. Who is the primary provider during Cressida's first marriage?
(a) Cressida's husband.
(b) Cressida's father.
(c) Cressida's two sisters.
(d) Cressida.

10. What is Carrie's private thought about Horace's support of Cressida?
(a) Carrie wishes Horace were support Carrie's decision to come on the voyage.
(b) It is all show.
(c) Horace's support can usually be easily bought.
(d) Horace is the finest son a woman could hope to have.

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

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

13. Who of the "inner circle" is not accompanying Cressida?
(a) Jerome Brown.
(b) Cressida's daughter.
(c) Cressida's personal maid who is afraid of ships.
(d) Cressida's best friend.

14. How much responsibility do Cressida's sisters assign to Poppas for Cressida's success?
(a) It is not revealed to the reader how the sisters think about the issue.
(b) None.
(c) They believe he is almost solely responsible.
(d) They believe he is at least half responsible.

15. Whom do Cressida's sisters blame for the failure of Cressida's second marriage?
(a) Cressida.
(b) Poppas.
(c) Carrie.
(d) Horace.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do Cressida's sisters and son justify their greed?

3. What drives a wedge between the sisters and Poppas?

4. Who is jealous of Cressida's success?

5. Who despise(s) Poppas?

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