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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Penelope recall hearing while on this holiday?
(a) Her father has drowned.
(b) Her mother is ill.
(c) The cottage has burned down.
(d) The country is at war.

2. What does Olivia learn about Cosmo?
(a) He is already married.
(b) He does not have any money.
(c) He has a criminal record.
(d) He used to be a priest.

3. To what group is Penelope assigned as a volunteer during the war?
(a) Cardinals.
(b) Waves.
(c) Wrens.
(d) Sparrows.

4. Where had Olivia gone with friends in the summer of 1979?
(a) Fiji.
(b) Ibiza.
(c) Nassau.
(d) Cancun.

5. Who is Olivia and Nancy's brother?
(a) Garth.
(b) Seth.
(c) Noel.
(d) Philip.

6. What relationship is Lawrence Stern to Olivia, Nancy and Noel?
(a) Brother.
(b) Family friend.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Grandfather.

7. Who is Nancy's husband?
(a) Seth.
(b) George.
(c) James.
(d) Philip.

8. Why is Penelope depressed with her volunteer duties?
(a) They are too sad.
(b) They are too structured.
(c) They are too demanding.
(d) They are too dangerous.

9. Nancy reads an article about a painting created by ____________________.
(a) Edward Hopper.
(b) Picasso.
(c) Claude Monet.
(d) Lawrence Stern.

10. Penelope is the child of _____________ parents.
(a) strict.
(b) Bohemian.
(c) gypsy.
(d) Catholic.

11. What does Penelope think about the person in #61 when she first sees him/her?
(a) He looks energetic.
(b) He is very handsome.
(c) She is pretty frumpy.
(d) He resembles someone else she knows.

12. Who is Penelope's father?
(a) Lawrence.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Edward.
(d) Gerald.

13. What does the girlfriend find in the pocket of the coat?
(a) A letter.
(b) A watch.
(c) Money.
(d) A ticket stub.

14. What is the name of the magazine on which Olivia works?
(a) Spheres.
(b) Edge.
(c) Venus.
(d) Dimensions.

15. Who was Ambrose?
(a) Penelope's brother.
(b) Penelope's father.
(c) Penelope's professor.
(d) Penelope's husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Nancy's mother?

2. Why does Noel visit Olivia?

3. Whose visit to the villa upsets Olivia's view of Cosmo?

4. Why does the man in #25 intend to visit his mother soon?

5. How valuable are Lawrence Stern's sketches?

(see the answer keys)

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