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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lie about her morning activities does the narrator tell Mrs Van Hopper?
(a) She tells Mrs Van Hopper she went for a walk.
(b) She says she has been playing golf with the professional.
(c) She says she has been playing tennis with the professional.
(d) She says she went to the casino.

2. Why does the narrator value boredom?
(a) It gives her time to write her novel.
(b) She doesn't value it at all and is restless.
(c) It is a pleasant antidote to fear.
(d) There'll be excitement later when she reads the cricket scores.

3. What fault in Mrs Van Hopper changes the narrator's destiny?
(a) Her snobbishness.
(b) Her greediness.
(c) Her loud voice.
(d) Her terrible taste in shoes.

4. What interrupts Mrs Van Hopper's conversation with Max de Winter?
(a) A page-boy tells Mrs Van Hopper that a dressmaker is waiting.
(b) Max spills coffee all over the narrator.
(c) A page-boy brings a letter for Maxim.
(d) Mrs Van Hopper falls ill.

5. How does the narrator respond to Maxim's note?
(a) She reads it and replies at once.
(b) She reads it but does not send a reply.
(c) She is excited and hides the note from Mrs Van Hopper.
(d) She is shocked and destroys the note.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs Van Hopper think the narrator will like about New York?

2. About what is the narrator especially knowledgeable?

3. How does the narrator show she is nervous around the servants?

4. In what setting does the narrator think Max de Winter belongs?

5. Why is the meal with Mrs Van Hopper eaten in silence?

(see the answer key)

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