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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Soon after the Dowells are married, Florence Dowell asks her husband to hold something for her. What is the object Florence asks her husband to hold?
(a) A perfume bottle.
(b) A case of medicine.
(c) A Chinese vase.
(d) A glass necklace.

2. What term does John Dowell use to refer to the ambiguous character introduced in Chapter 2?
(a) He refers to her as "the girl."
(b) He refers to him as "the boy."
(c) He refers to her as "the governess."
(d) He refers to him as "the gentleman."

3. How do Florence Dowell's aunts react when John Dowell tells them he wants to marry Florence?
(a) They cry tears of joy.
(b) They pour him a glass of scotch and make a toast to his future happiness.
(c) They ask him to reconsider.
(d) They become angry and storm out of the room.

4. How old is Leonora Ashburnham when she makes it her responsibility to rebuild the Ashburnham fortune?
(a) 19.
(b) 35.
(c) 24.
(d) 30.

5. What does Captain Edward Ashburnham do while he is in Monte Carlo?
(a) He had an affair with the daughter of an admiral.
(b) He purchased an estate.
(c) He sought medical treatment.
(d) He gambled away an enormous amount of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leonora Ashburnham goes to Maisie Maidan's room after the trip to the castle. What does she find there?

2. Who breaks the object Florence Dowell asks her husband to hold?

3. In Chapter 5, what does Leonora Ashburnham discover about Captain Edward Ashburnham?

4. Which character discovers Florence Dowell's dead body?

5. The husband featured in the newspaper article Nacy Rufford reads is accused of being in love with which of the following women:

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