1. How does Mr. B try to get rid of Pamela after the dinner party?
(a) He suggests that she should go to work at the church.
(b) He threatens to send her home.
(c) He threatens to send her to a home for young women.
(d) He suggests that she should go into service at the home of Lady Danvers.

2. How does Mr. B try to encourage Pamela to keep the incident a secret?
(a) He offers her new clothes.
(b) He offers her a holiday.
(c) He promises to give her a higher place in the household.
(d) He offers her money.

3. After being confronted by Pamela, what does Robin do about his assistance to Mr. B and his scheme against Pamela?
(a) He explains that he has no choice but to help Mr. B.
(b) He apologizes.
(c) He promises to stop helping Mr. B.
(d) He tells Pamela that he will make it up to her by helping her.

4. What attitude does Mr. B show towards Pamela's virtue in Section 3 as she prepares to go home?
(a) He mocks it and predicts that someone will have it.
(b) He considers it an obstacle.
(c) He respects it.
(d) He considers it insincere.

5. When given the opportunity to apologize for her insolence and continue working, what does Mrs. Jervis do?
(a) She says she will return after Pamela leaves.
(b) She accepts and apologizes.
(c) She promises to think about it.
(d) She refuses because of Mr. B's treatment of Pamela.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the end of Section 1, Pamela is established as the main character pursuing a goal and Mr. B as the character who is presenting obstacles to her accomplishing her goal. Which of the following pair of words best describes these two roles?

2. What does Mr. B communicate to the farmer about Pamela?

3. How does Lady Davers respond to Pamela when she visits?

4. In whom does Pamela confide about the incident with Mr. B?

5. In Section 4, when Pamela hears of the possibility of Mr. B visiting Lincolnshire, how does she try to end the problems between her and Mr. B?

(see the answer key)

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