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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) 500 thousand dollars.
(b) 50 thousand dollars.
(c) None.
(d) 20 thousand dollars.

2. Why does Cressida want Carrie to come to Cressida's house on Sunday?
(a) To meet Cressida's new manager.
(b) So Carrie can help Cressida pick out new colors for the guest room.
(c) To have Sunday dinner when the priest comes over.
(d) To meet Bouchalka who will be coming there on Sunday.

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

4. Did Bouchalka recognize Cressida in the restaurant when he was playing the violin?
(a) No, he didn't really notice her that evening.
(b) No, he thought she was someone famous but wasn't sure.
(c) Yes, he had heard her sing several times before.
(d) Yes, but he wasn't absolutely certain as he had only seen her picture in the paper.

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

6. How does Cressida die?
(a) On the Titanic.
(b) Suicide.
(c) A stray bullet from an assassin trying to hit the German chancellor.
(d) Of old age.

7. To whom does Carrie write about the horrors of settling Cressida's will?
(a) Poppas.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her sister.

8. To whom does Carrie compare Jerome Brown?
(a) Bouchalka.
(b) Buchanan Garnet, Cressida's oldest brother.
(c) Horace.
(d) Poppas.

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

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

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

12. Why is Cressida's stateroom lower in the ship than usual?
(a) She thought it'd be warmer in the chilly weather.
(b) She decides to get to know a different sort of people.
(c) She was accidentally assigned there and they have no better one to offer.
(d) She was trying to save money.

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

14. How does Jerome Brown obtain money for his investments?
(a) An inheritance from his family.
(b) Embezzlement.
(c) Cressida.
(d) Government grants.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bouchalka explain Cressida's discovery?

2. With whom do Carrie and Henry stand on one matter of Cressida's will?

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

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

5. What else does Cressida believe about the violin player?

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