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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do the events of chapter 14, book 1, begin?
(a) The same morning that Lily awakens to find two notes at her bedside.
(b) The morning of the party.
(c) The night after Lily's argument with Gus Trenor.
(d) A week after Lily's argument with Gus Trenor.

2. What does Lily intend to do with her inheritance from her aunt?
(a) Buy her way into a higher social circle.
(b) Donate it to Gerty Farish's charity for poor women.
(c) Repay Gus Trenor.
(d) Buy her own yacht.

3. What does nouveau riche mean?
(a) A novel about money.
(b) A novel about rich people.
(c) Rich food.
(d) New money.

4. Who appears at the party at Bellomont at the end of the third day?
(a) Simon Rosedale.
(b) Gus Trenor.
(c) Lawrence Selden.
(d) Percy Gryce.

5. What does Simon Rosedale tell Lily to do with the letters she purchased from Lawrence Selden's cleaning woman?
(a) Burn the letters.
(b) Give the letters back to Lawrence Selden.
(c) Use the letters to blackmail George and Bertha Dorset into clearing her name.
(d) Give the letters to him for safekeeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. In book 1, chapter 8, how does Mrs. Trenor feel about the friendship between Lily and Gus?

2. What is Lily wondering about the night before she intends to go to Sunday morning church services with Percy Gryce?

3. In book 2, chapter 2, who does Lily decide to become friends with after Carry Fischer warns Lily about her behavior the previous night ?

4. According to Bertha's lover Ned Silverton, what issue is causing problems between Bertha and Lily?

5. Who accompanies Simon and Lily to the event ?

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