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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 does Mr. Neville do for a living?
(a) Mr. Neville is an architect.
(b) Mr. Neville is a lawyer.
(c) Mr. Neville is a doctor.
(d) Mr. Neville is second in command at an electronics firm.

2. Who led Iris into the dining room on her birthday?
(a) Edith.
(b) M. Huber.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Monica.

3. Who arrives halfway through Edith's last dinner?
(a) Mme. de Bouille.
(b) Monica.
(c) Pusey women.
(d) Mr. Neville.

4. Where is the boat going that Edith is on?
(a) To an island.
(b) Out in the ocean.
(c) Just circling the port.
(d) Across the lake.

5. Where did Mr. Nevile's wife go?
(a) She moved back in with her parents.
(b) She fell ill and died.
(c) She ran away with another man.
(d) She is in a coma at a hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Iris Pusey?

2. What was all the commotion in the Pusey room about?

3. What does Mr. Neville wish that Edith would get rid of?

4. How does Edith look on her wedding day?

5. Who does Edith help to the dining room?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Geoffrey court Edith?

2. What does Edith say about categories that writers are put in?

3. Why does Mr. Neville tell Edith to walk around the deck?

4. Who does Edith compare Jennifer to in her mind during Iris's birthday party?

5. What are the preparations that Iris made personally for her birthday party?

6. What is all of the commotion in the Pusey's room?

7. What happened with Mr. Neville's wife?

8. Why was Edith disturbed with Iris after the commotion?

9. How does Edith feel about entering the married life?

10. What does Edith tell David in her letter to him in Chapter 12?

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