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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: pages 134-160.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Pamela respond to being let down by Mr. Williams?
(a) She forbids him to see her.
(b) She refuses to speak with him.
(c) Pamela writes him, chiding him for his openness.
(d) She forgives him.

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

3. Why does Pamela wish that Mr. B would give her money instead of nice clothes?
(a) Because she wants to save for the future.
(b) Because she is not interested in clothes
(c) So she can go home.
(d) So she can send money for her parents.

4. After the dinner party when Mr B disguises himself and frightens Pamela, how does she react?
(a) She shrieks and faints then awakens to find Mr. B gone.
(b) She screams out for Mrs. Jervis to come.
(c) She calls for Mrs. Jewkes.
(d) She runs out of the house.

5. After Pamela's failed attempt at escaping, what news of Mr. B causes her to worry about him?
(a) She hears of his fall from a horse.
(b) She hears of him being shot in a hunting accident.
(c) She hears of him being held up by thugs.
(d) She hears of him almost drowning in a hunting accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the end of Section 1, it is evident that the author is making use of the epistolary style of writing. To what does this refer?

2. After Mr. B decides to send Pamela home, what excuse does he use to delay her departure?

3. How does Pamela respond to her parents' advice?

4. As Section 3 begins, what is the reaction of Mr. B's dinner party guests to the rumors about Pamela?

5. What event results in Pamela's first letter to her parents?

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