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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Lily because of a scandal involving Mrs. Hatch, her employer?
(a) Lily asks for help from Lawrence Selden.
(b) Lily is without a job and a place to stay.
(c) Lily must leave the city.
(d) Lily must consider taking a job as a cleaning woman in an orphanage.

2. When Lily returns from Alaska, what advice does Carry Fischer give her ?
(a) Lily needs to tell everyone the truth about what happened in Europe.
(b) Lily must marry as soon as possible.
(c) Lily must pay back her loan to Gus Trenor as soon as possible.
(d) Lily needs to stay away from George Dorset.

3. Why is George Dorset upset when Lily meets him on her way back to the yacht from the casino?
(a) Bertha asked George for a divorce.
(b) Bertha and Ned Silverton did not come back to the yacht until morning.
(c) The bank foreclosed on the yacht.
(d) He is afraid Bertha will hear the rumor about him and Lily.

4. How does Lily relate Ned Silverton's situation with Bertha Dorset to her own life?
(a) Lily is afraid she will become poor and need to support herself.
(b) Lily is relieved that Ned Silverton occupies Bertha's time, so Bertha leaves Lily alone.
(c) Lily thinks it is quite romantic and wishes the same from her future husband.
(d) Lily is excited that she is now free to marry George Dorset.

5. In book 2, chapter 10, how does Lily react to Simon Rosedale's offer of help ?
(a) She laughs at him.
(b) She asks for time to think about it.
(c) She tearfully and gratefully accepts.
(d) She refuses.

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

7. What does Lily do because she doesn't have a job?
(a) She visits the friends in her new social circle.
(b) She takes walks.
(c) She volunteers at a soup kitchen.
(d) She sits in her shabby room and stares out the window.

8. Which friend remains faithful to Lily after her aunt dies?
(a) Bertha Dorset.
(b) George Dorset.
(c) Gerty Farish.
(d) Judy Trenor.

9. How does Lily respond to what Simon Rosedale suggests she do with the letters she purchased from Lawrence Selden's cleaning woman?
(a) She becomes angry and walks away from Simon Rosedale.
(b) She refuses to consider his idea.
(c) She laughs at the idea.
(d) She agrees that it is a good idea.

10. In book 2, chapter 6, why does George Dorset apologize to Lily while at the Gormers ?
(a) Wanting to divorce Bertha.
(b) Repeatedly asking Lily to marry him.
(c) Helping to oust her from her social circle.
(d) Bertha Dorset's behavior toward her.

11. At four o'clock in the afternoon, who is supposed to visit Lily, but doesn't show ?
(a) Lawrence Selden.
(b) Gerty Farish.
(c) Gus Trenor.
(d) Simon Rosedale.

12. Why does Lily decide she can't give Bertha Dorset the letters that Bertha and Lawrence Selden wrote to each other?
(a) She doesn't want to betray Bertha Dorset.
(b) Lily can't betray Lawrence Selden.
(c) She is afraid the letters will create a relationship between Bertha Dorset and Lawrence Selden.
(d) She is afraid of revenge from Bertha Dorset.

13. In book 2, chapter 12, what feeling does Lily think Lawrence Selden has about their time together?
(a) Anger.
(b) Joy.
(c) Disgust.
(d) Embarrassment.

14. Why does Lily go to Alaska?
(a) Wealthy distant relatives of Lily live in Alaska.
(b) Carry Fischer suggests there will be wealthy bachelors on the trip.
(c) Carry Fischer suggests Lily take her place with Carry Fischer's new family.
(d) Carry Fischer suggests that Lily find a new place to start over.

15. In book 2, chapter 7, how does Lily feel when Simon Rosedale explains why he refuses to marry her?
(a) Insulted by his reasons.
(b) Relieved that she is now free to marry George Dorset.
(c) Refreshed by his honesty.
(d) Crushed by his refusal.

Short Answer Questions

1. In book 2, chapter 2, how does Bertha Dorset intend to clear her own name regarding the rumors about her and Ned Silverton?

2. What does Grace Stepney say is the reason for her aunt's death?

3. What type of work does Carry Fischer find for Lily?

4. In book 1, chapter 1, what concerns Lawrence Selden and Lord Hubert Dacey about Lily?

5. How does Lily fare at her new job?

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