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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Cressida not surprised to encounter Carrie?
(a) Because Cressida's personal secretary knew Carrie booked a room.
(b) Because she always manages to turn up at critical periods in her life.
(c) Because Cressida had sent Carried a ticket.
(d) Because Carrie loves to travel on ships.

3. The fact that Cressida's third marriage is mentioned in passing, but not elaborated upon may be an example of what?
(a) Simile.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Incompetent writing.
(d) Metaphor.

4. A second theme apparent in Part 2 might be what?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Entertainers are better than others.
(c) Unions are not good for entertainers.
(d) Spirituality.

5. To where does Poppas want to eventually retire?
(a) To the Kalimari dessert.
(b) To southern Africa.
(c) To a remote city in the middle of Asia.
(d) To the Southwest United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. What excuse does Cressida give for taking her leave of Carrie?

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

3. How might one characterize Poppas?

4. Why does Julia return to her stateroom?

5. How much responsibility do Cressida's sisters assign to Poppas for Cressida's success?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are signs that Bouchalka may not be quite as dedicated a musician as Cressida believes.

2. What is one possible explanation of the perfunctory greeting from Horace and Miss Julia to Carrie?

3. What are some facts which Cressida learns about Bouchalka on her Sunday gathering? Is there anything in what Cressida relates to Carrie about Bouchalka that seems to foreshadow the eventual failure of his marriage to Cressida?

4. Why does Cressida go to England and does she accomplish what she wants to there?

5. Describe Carrie's trip to the docks to hear the reading of the names of the survivors from the Titanic.

6. Do you believe that Cressida's family would have been happy just to have Cressida's love and good wishes rather than her money?

7. When Carrie mentions Cressida's engagement, what is Cressida's response?

8. What does the violin player do after his first number?

9. What does Carrie describe as Cressida's bad luck and what would be Cressida's good luck?

10. Discuss the interaction between Horace and Cressida near the end of Part one.

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