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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of flowers are in the morning room's vases?
(a) Lilacs.
(b) Roses.
(c) Pansies and clematis.
(d) Rhododendrons.

2. Who does Max describe as being "invariably late for dinner"?
(a) King Alfred.
(b) King Ethelred the Unready.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Mrs Van Hopper.

3. How is the narrator reminded of an English spring?
(a) Through conversations with Maxim.
(b) By looking through her photograph album.
(c) Through news of England on the radio.
(d) Through old copies of the magazine Field.

4. What special privilege does Max extend to the narrator?
(a) He allows her to drive his car.
(b) He allows her to wear his coat.
(c) He allows her to call him Max.
(d) He allows/wants her to call him by his family's name for him: Maxim.

5. What does Maxim tell Mrs Van Hopper about his valet?
(a) He says that he overpays his valet.
(b) He says his valet gossips.
(c) He says he does not have a valet.
(d) He says he does not like travelling alone and the valet is company.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these statements is true of Mrs Van Hopper?

2. What annoys and astonishes Mrs Van Hopper?

3. What was the quality of Mrs Danvers' smile?

4. What is Maxim's attitude to his past life?

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

(see the answer key)

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