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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Edith originally from?
(a) The United States of America.
(b) Australia.
(c) England.
(d) Sweden.

2. Why is Edith disturbed with Jennifer overall?
(a) Jennifer is mean and rude to Edith.
(b) Jennifer likes David too.
(c) Jennifer refuses any type of friendship with Edith.
(d) Jennifer kicked the dog.

3. What does Edith do while in the dining room for the first time?
(a) She files her fingernails.
(b) She eats pizza.
(c) She reads a book.
(d) Works on her novel.

4. What does Monica say about Jennifer?
(a) Monica says that Jennifer is entirely stuck up.
(b) Monica says that Jennifer is a very nice person.
(c) Monica says that Jennifer is entirely straightforward.
(d) Monica says that Jennifer is annoying.

5. What animal does Edith use to compare herself with?
(a) Dolphin.
(b) Tortoise.
(c) Dog.
(d) Hare.

6. Who does Iris Pusey say that Edith's face reminds her of?
(a) Princess Diana.
(b) Princess Fergi.
(c) Princess Anne.
(d) Princess Monica.

7. Edith feels the Pusey women possess an aura of what?
(a) Being mean.
(b) High self-esteem.
(c) Being poor.
(d) Body odor.

8. What is Edith's response to the way Monica speaks about the Puseys?
(a) Edith gets up and leaves.
(b) Edith defends the Puseys.
(c) Edith remains neutral.
(d) Edith agrees.

9. Why has Monica's husband sent her away to stay at the hotel?
(a) To get over a lover.
(b) So that he can take a lover.
(c) So that Monica can have their baby.
(d) To recuperate.

10. Edith Hope arrives at the hotel in what month?
(a) January.
(b) September.
(c) July.
(d) October.

11. Which character does Edith refer to as the "bulldog-faced"?
(a) Mme. de Bonneuil.
(b) Iris Pusey.
(c) Jennifer Pusey.
(d) Her neighbor.

12. What does Edith tell Monica about Jennifer?
(a) Edith tells Monica that she doesn't like Jennifer.
(b) Edith tells Monica that she is jealous of Jennifer.
(c) Edith tells Monica that she really likes Jennifer.
(d) Edith tells Monica that she cannot understand Jennifer.

13. What does Edith compare the Puseys' room to after having visited it?
(a) Taj Mahal.
(b) Caesar's Palace.
(c) A Beverly Hills Store.
(d) Aladdin's Cave.

14. Who is dead in Edith's family?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her mother.

15. What is the tall, thin woman eating when Edith sees her at the cafe with the large glass windows?
(a) Macaroon.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Cheeseburger.
(d) Hot Dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which guest approaches Edith at her first dinner and asks her to join them for coffee?

2. What animal does Edith feel that most of the women staying at the Hotel du Lac compare to?

3. Why does Edith feel envy towards Jennifer and Iris Pusey?

4. How do you know that the hotel allows animals?

5. Edith Hope is what kind of writer?

(see the answer keys)

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