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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mildred sees Everard by chance, how does she describe the exchange?
(a) Awkward.
(b) Nerve-racking.
(c) Relatively pleasant.
(d) Quite interesting.

2. What is Winifred doing when Mildred arrives for a visit?
(a) Making Julian lunch.
(b) Reading a letter from a past parisher.
(c) Helping Mrs. Gray move in and arrange her things.
(d) Accounting.

3. Where do the group go after the speech at the Learned Society?
(a) Out for dinner.
(b) Home.
(c) To Everard's house.
(d) To a movie.

4. Who is Everard Bone?
(a) A childhood friend of Helena.
(b) An anthropologist and colleague of Helena.
(c) Helena's husband's college roommate.
(d) A sleazy family friend of Helena.

5. After Mildred tells the pastor and his sister about Helena, what do they tell her about?
(a) The closing of the church.
(b) A new piece of furniture they bought.
(c) A jumble sale.
(d) An unexpected donation.

6. What is the president's wife doing at the speech?
(a) Drinking heavily.
(b) Talking loudly.
(c) Making eyes with someone who is not her husband.
(d) Sleeping.

7. What season does Mildred's lunch date occur in?
(a) Summer.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

8. What does Mildred try to convince Rocky and Dora of during their outing?
(a) That they should leave.
(b) That Mildred is happily unmarried.
(c) That Helena is all wrong for Rocky.
(d) That she is not interested in Julian or Everard.

9. What has happened between Winifred and Mildred since Mrs. Gray moved in?
(a) They have drifted apart.
(b) They have not seen much of each other.
(c) They have gotten closer.
(d) They have gotten into a number of fights.

10. How is Mildred's appearance described as?
(a) Risque.
(b) Disheveled.
(c) Mousy.
(d) Prim and proper.

11. Why is it appropriate for Mrs. Gray to live at the Malory's house?
(a) She is the widow of a clergyman.
(b) She is married.
(c) She is of a certain age.
(d) She is disabled.

12. Why does Mildred go to the Malory house in Chapter 7?
(a) To help Winifred with the church jumble sale.
(b) To show off a new dress.
(c) To return a casserole dish.
(d) To hear the most recent gossip.

13. Where do Dora and Mildred go on the double-decker bus?
(a) Piccadilly.
(b) Hyde Park.
(c) Downing Street.
(d) Big Ben.

14. How does Helena feel about her husband coming home?
(a) She dreads it.
(b) She is not terribly keen.
(c) She is extremely excited.
(d) She is indifferent.

15. On their way home from the school event, who do Dora and Mildred meet?
(a) A diplomat.
(b) A Wren officer.
(c) A spy.
(d) A pilot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are these two people doing when Dora and Mildred see them during their outing?

2. Who did Mildred live with after her parents died?

3. What is Helena's last name?

4. Who is the pastor at Mildred's church?

5. What was Mildred's father's occupation?

(see the answer keys)

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