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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With what does Cressida become enchanted?
(a) The trumpet playing.
(b) The violin playing.
(c) The cello playing.
(d) The conductor.

3. What is Henry Gilbert's occupation?
(a) A physician.
(b) A financier.
(c) A CEO.
(d) A lawyer.

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

5. Where does the bulk of Cressida's fortune lie?
(a) In worthless stocks.
(b) In real estate.
(c) In municipal bonds.
(d) In governement t-bills.

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

7. As Cressida makes ready to marry Bouchalka, what does she do?
(a) She fires Poppas.
(b) She goes to a gypsy medium to see if it's the right thing for her to do.
(c) She resigns her job at the Met.
(d) She takes care to ensure that the needs of the other people in her life are addressed.

8. What suggests that the violin player is either overly excited or dramatic?
(a) His actions and he is wearing tight clothes.
(b) He is walking all over the stage.
(c) His face is sweaty.
(d) His gestures.

9. Who does not sail back to the States with Cressida, having gone on ahead a week earlier?
(a) Jerome.
(b) Poppas and Horace.
(c) Carrie.
(d) Julia and Lilly.

10. What does Bouchalka do when he is twenty-one?
(a) Joins a gypsy band and plays throughout Austria.
(b) Plays with the Paris Metro Opera.
(c) Marries a German peasant girl.
(d) Takes vows as a monk.

11. Why does Carrie view the walk in the park as a sort of adventure?
(a) Because there are several small circus acts occurring in the park at this time.
(b) Because even in those days it was unsafe for two women to walk in the park alone.
(c) Given Cressida's level of fame, walking in the park without one of her many attendants turns their outing into a kind of adventure.
(d) Because Carrie seldom gets to be alone with Cressida.

12. Why does Carrie think Bouchalka is less driven now in his work?
(a) He has it so easy.
(b) He is going to die on her just like her first husband did.
(c) He has decided he hates music.
(d) He is having an affair.

13. 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) His mother is dying.
(d) He is becoming more and more ill.

14. How did Cressida know the two executors?
(a) They are married to each other.
(b) The three of them took a world tour together.
(c) Cressida only knows one of the executors; the other is court appointed.
(d) They are both friends from Cressida's youth.

15. What do those who contest the bequest show for evidence?
(a) Financial statements showing how much Cressida was supported them while she is alive.
(b) A letter that shows Poppas is blackmailing Cressida.
(c) They have little evidence to back up their claim.
(d) Letters where Cressida states she wishes to provide for them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jerome Brown's occupation?

2. Why does Cressida take Bouchalka aside to converse with him?

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

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

5. How does Cressida die?

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