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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Annabel's flat located?
(a) On the thrid floor of an old stone house.
(b) On the first floor of a 16th century palazzo.
(c) On the ground floor of an old chateau.
(d) On the top floor of an early 1900s apartment house.

2. Why has the doctor come to Annabel's flat?
(a) To tell Annabel that her husband is dead.
(b) To tell Annabel that no one can find Frederick.
(c) To see if Annabel called earlier about the baby.
(d) To explain why he hasn't come to help her earlier.

3. Who is the first character we meet as the book begins?
(a) The gardener.
(b) The Secretary.
(c) Annabel.
(d) Frederick.

4. What does Annabel serve Billy for breakfast?
(a) Bacon and eggs.
(b) Ham Omelet.
(c) Coffee and croissants.
(d) Quiche.

5. When Annabel Makes the film "Minerva Arrives at Platform 10," what does the public call her?
(a) Lady of the tiger eyes.
(b) Tiger-Lady.
(c) Tiger-Lily.
(d) Lily of the Valley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Annabel's second affair end?

2. What does Annabel tell her husband after her second brief affair?

3. How does Frederick feel about leaving Annabel?

4. What family does Annabel have?

5. What is the name of Annabel's baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was responsible for the transformation of Annabel and how did it come about?

2. Frederick thought his wife was superficial. He wanted to know if when she was acting she ever felt the part from deeply inside. How did Annabel respond to that?

3. When Billy showed up unexpectedly at the party that Annabel had known nothing about, who did he bring with him?

4. The last guest to come to Annabel's flat was Dr.Tommasi. Why was he there and how did Annabel receive the news he came to deliver?

5. After everyone left the party, the flat was in a terrible mess, and Billy asked Annabel if he wanted him to come around in the morning to help her and Frederick clean up the mess. Did that mean that Billy didn't know anything of Frederick's whereabouts?

6. The press entered the room in a rush and surged towards Annabel in Chapter 4. She sat among her neighbors who conveyed their sense of empathy and deep feeling for her loss, as Annabel blinked away her tears and looked warmly down at her baby. How did the press approach her? Was this an event staged by Annabel to control the damage Frederick had wrought?

7. What was the difference between the way that Annabel and Frederick viewed acting?

8. Despite Annabel's few unsuccessful calls to some friends, Billy was the one who got did get everyone to leave Annabel's flat and end the out of control party. What did Billy say to Annabel about Frederick not showing up at the party and how did he help Annabel?

9. Frederick, always keeping in the back of his mind the idea of leaving Annabel, had taken a mistress and in Chapter III, we learn that he is constantly going away. How is Annabel managing her private life?

10. "The House on the Piazza" did not garner great reviews for the film, but how did it help Annabel's acting career?

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