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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Edith feel envy towards Jennifer and Iris Pusey?
(a) She is jealous of their close relationship.
(b) She is jealous of their car.
(c) She is jealous of their money.
(d) She is jealous of their clothes.

2. How old does Edith guess the mother to be in the mother/daughter companionship?
(a) Upper Sixties.
(b) Upper Seventies.
(c) Upper Eighties.
(d) Upper Fifties.

3. How does Edith view herself at the beginning of the story?
(a) A serious, responsible person.
(b) A talkative, spacey person.
(c) A fun, light-hearted person.
(d) A sad, quiet person.

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

5. Why does Edith not write to David about Mr. Neville?
(a) Edith is afraid that David won't see her anymore.
(b) Edith feels that it would be inappropriate.
(c) Edith is afraid that David will come to the hotel.
(d) Mr. Neville asked her not to.

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

7. What was Penelope doing when Edith asked her about David for the first time?
(a) Washing dishes.
(b) Folding the laundry.
(c) Dusting her house.
(d) Making the bed.

8. How does Edith describe her mother?
(a) Full of life.
(b) Unhappy.
(c) Sick.
(d) Rich.

9. What type of book did Edith reference when choosing which animals to use in her comparisons?
(a) Aesop's fables.
(b) The Stories of Peter Rabbit.
(c) Greek Mythology.
(d) Hans Christian Anderson tales.

10. What will happen if Monica doesn't give her husband what he wants?
(a) Monica's husband will hit her.
(b) Monica will be told to leave.
(c) Monica will be told to stay at the hotel until she does.
(d) Monica's husband will take a lover.

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

12. Which guest approaches Edith at her first dinner and asks her to join them for coffee?
(a) The thin woman.
(b) Iris Pusey.
(c) Mme. de Bonneuil.
(d) Jennifer Pusey.

13. When Edith sees a tall and slender woman at the beginning of the story she assumes that she must be a what?
(a) A basketball player.
(b) Dancer.
(c) A volleyball player.
(d) A model.

14. What animal does Edith feel that most of the women staying at the Hotel du Lac compare to?
(a) Tortoise.
(b) Dolphin.
(c) Dog.
(d) Hare.

15. What does Edith drink in the dining room during her first trip to it?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Tea.
(c) Wine.
(d) Hot cocoa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do David's friends think that he is cheating on his wife with?

2. Why do the Puseys stay at the hotel briefly each year?

3. Who does Edith go shopping with?

4. Why did Edith go through a period where she wrote for 10 hours a day?

5. In Edith's books what type of animal represents the women that would end up with the man?

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