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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Claudia eager to see Lisa after her limo accident?
(a) To show her how famous she'd become.
(b) To see how well she's doing in school.
(c) To make up for being an indifferent mother.
(d) She is not eager to see her.

2. What does Jasper want Claudia to pretend to be while they are in Rocqueville?
(a) His secretary.
(b) An American.
(c) A Russian spy.
(d) A blind woman.

3. What injuries does Claudia suffer from her limo accident?
(a) Brocken sternum and internal injuries.
(b) Head trama and broken ribs.
(c) Broken ribs and internal injuries.
(d) Head trama and internal injuries.

4. In Chapter 16, what does the reader learn that Claudia publish just a few weeks prior to her birthday?
(a) A retrospective essay on the war in Egypt.
(b) A love letter to Tom.
(c) An autobiography.
(d) A children's novel about war.

5. What is Jasper's greatest advantage in Rocqueville?
(a) His accent.
(b) Being seen with Claudia.
(c) His extended vocabulary.
(d) His cheekbones.

6. What does Camilla insinuate when she learns that Claudia is pregnant?
(a) That Claudia cannot take care of a child.
(b) That Claudia is a prostitute.
(c) That she should have an abortion.
(d) That Claudia's family will be humiliated.

7. Where do Claudia and Gordon dance together when they are young?
(a) In the den.
(b) In their club house.
(c) In the old nursery.
(d) Around the kitchen.

8. What is Claudia writing when she receives her Fortnum's gift basket in the hospital?
(a) A change to her will.
(b) A letter to her daughter.
(c) Checks.
(d) Her history of the world.

9. With whom does 17-year-old Claudia go to Paris?
(a) Gordon.
(b) Tom.
(c) Her father.
(d) Jasper.

10. What jobs does Tom tell Claudia he had originally planned to have after the war?
(a) A TV personality and actor.
(b) A broadcaster and magazine writer.
(c) To become a student, and then a teacher.
(d) A journalist and member of Parliament.

11. What is one of the things Claudia says her mother held against her from the time she was a baby?
(a) The fact she was a girl.
(b) Her special baby blanket.
(c) Her red hair.
(d) That she resembled the milkman.

12. How does Claudia feel shortly after her limo accident?
(a) Depressed and aggravated.
(b) Richer and more focused.
(c) Sluggish and distracted.
(d) Richer and more famous.

13. Which Egyptian city was a major hub even when Europeans were still living in caves?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Memphis.
(c) London.
(d) Nile.

14. When Claudia revisits Egypt as a tourist, why is her bus companion disappointed?
(a) Because he could not enter a tomb.
(b) Because none of the mummies were alive.
(c) Because you can no longer climb up the pyramid.
(d) Because there is an additional fee for lunch.

15. While in Rocqueville, what does Jasper pretend to be?
(a) A Russian spy.
(b) A journalist.
(c) A preacher.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Claudia and Gordon arguing about just before he dies?

2. Who tells Claudia that Tom has been killed?

3. Where do Claudia and Jasper take Lisa for her eighth birthday?

4. How do Claudia and Gordon feel when they dance together?

5. Where is the first place that Claudia and Gordon caress each other?

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