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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who of the men in Cressida's car awaiting word of survivors actually cries?
(a) Horace.
(b) Buchanan Garnet.
(c) Poppas.
(d) The chauffeur.

2. Where does Bouchalka become a regular attendee?
(a) At the New York yankees ball games.
(b) At Cressida's on Sunday afternoons.
(c) At Carrie's book club meeting each month.
(d) To hear Cressida sing at the Met.

3. What is in the photograph which Poppas sends Carrie?
(a) Poppas on a camel with a description underneath.
(b) Poppas smoking a cigar on a veranda.
(c) Poppas with Cressida on a camel.
(d) Poppas with a woman on each arm.

4. Where does Bouchalka study music?
(a) In Paris.
(b) On his own with no teacher.
(c) At Julliard.
(d) At a monastery.

5. With whom do Carrie and Henry stand on one matter of Cressida's will?
(a) Lilly.
(b) Poppas.
(c) Jerome.
(d) Horace.

6. Why does Bouchalka rush off from Cressida's party?
(a) He promised to pick up his younger sister and escort her home.
(b) He feels ill.
(c) He realizes he is late for work.
(d) He wants to quickly write down a composition that is in his head.

7. What prompts Carrie to write this story?
(a) Cressida's photograph which is trashed among other stuff her family does not want.
(b) Carrie's sorrow over the loss of her best friend.
(c) The desire to make some money selling the story.
(d) Poppas' memories and his recent letter.

8. What does Cressida say she would have done about marrying her first husband had she known he would die so soon after?
(a) She would have just been lovers with him.
(b) Should would have not even become acquainted with him.
(c) She does not know how she would feel.
(d) She would have married him anyway.

9. At what turn in the conversation does Bouchalka become agitated and less at ease?
(a) When they talk about Germany's problems.
(b) When the conversation turns to music.
(c) When Carrie mentions Cressida's first husband.
(d) When Carrie mentions that Cressida would love to have more children.

10. How do Bouchalka and Cressida appear after their honeymoon?
(a) As if they had second thoughts about the marriage.
(b) Both seem to be in very good spirits.
(c) With an aloofness between them.
(d) Haggard and tired.

11. About whom is the narrating talking at the beginning of Part 4?
(a) Poppas.
(b) Bouchalka.
(c) Carrie.
(d) Jerome Brown.

12. What does Blasius Bouchalka send Cressida?
(a) An invitation to Germany.
(b) An original score.
(c) A dozen roses.
(d) Tickets to his Carnegie Hall debut.

13. How is Poppas seated in Cressida's car awaiting word of survivors?
(a) Agitated, moving and fidgeting.
(b) Slumped with shoulders drooping and chewing on his glove.
(c) Poppas is not in the car.
(d) Ramrod straight as if he is prepared to take the news like a man.

14. Why does Poppas move to where he does?
(a) It does not rain and he will not need a hot water bottle.
(b) To get as far away from Cressida's family as possible.
(c) To become a bum.
(d) To look for a wife now that Cressida is deceased.

15. What is Jerome Brown's occupation?
(a) Financier.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Sea captain.
(d) Doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the violin player rummaging through a pile of papers?

2. Who contests the bequest to Poppas?

3. As Bouchalka spends more time with Cressida, who is seen less often with her?

4. How does Carrie view the letters from Cressida to family members?

5. How does Bouchalka explain Cressida's discovery?

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