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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what type of restaurant does Cressida prefer to dine?
(a) A restaurant where celebrities gather.
(b) One in which fewer people will recognize her.
(c) Where she will be recognized and treated like a prima donna.
(d) One that is small and expensive.

2. Where are Carrie and Cressida at the opening of Part 3?
(a) In Romania.
(b) On the ocean liner.
(c) In Central Park.
(d) In Columbus, Oh.

3. Who is named executors of Cressida's will?
(a) Horace.
(b) Henry Gilbert and Carrie.
(c) Jerome Brown.
(d) Poppas.

4. How much of a bequest goes to Poppas?
(a) None.
(b) 500 thousand dollars.
(c) 20 thousand dollars.
(d) 50 thousand dollars.

5. On the next visit to the restaurant where Carrie and Cressida first saw Bouchalka, what do they learn?
(a) He was fired and no longer working at the restaurant.
(b) His name wasn't really Bouchalka.
(c) He set sail back to Austria.
(d) He had died from the illness which made him rush off from Cressida's home.

6. What is Brown's main failing?
(a) Having many greedy relatives.
(b) Running around on Cressida.
(c) Being antisocial.
(d) Poor investments on Wall Street.

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

8. How long does it seem to Carrie that Bouchalka has been at Cressida's house when Carrie arrives on her next visit?
(a) For only a minute or so ahead of Carrie.
(b) Bouchalka left the day before on an emergency to Germany.
(c) Bouchalka has not yet arrived.
(d) For quite some time.

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

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

11. How does Cressida realize she is recognized in the restaurant?
(a) The maitre'd brings a bottle of wine to the table from another customer.
(b) Several people nod and wave at Cressida.
(c) The orchestra conductor asks Cressida to sing.
(d) Given the flourish with which the music begins, Cressida realizes that they have been recognized.

12. What does Cressida tell others about why Bouchalka does not accompany her on tour in the Spring?
(a) He is in the midst of composing.
(b) He wants to oversee the house remodeling project.
(c) He is becoming more and more ill.
(d) His mother is dying.

13. What disappoints Cressida's sisters?
(a) That there wasn't more diamonds.
(b) That the jewels went to charity.
(c) That the jewels went to Carrie.
(d) That the fur pieces were scanty.

14. Why do Carrie and Cressida send the carriage home?
(a) Because one of the horses appears lame.
(b) Because the driver insults them.
(c) They did not send the carriage home as the carriage never shows up.
(d) Because it's a lovely day and they want to stay out later.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bouchalka explain Cressida's discovery?

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

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

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

5. What does Cressida confide to Carrie concerning Cressida's fortune?

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