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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. Why has Danus never told his parents about his disease?
(a) They would stick their nose into his business.
(b) They would think he was weak.
(c) They would treat him differently.
(d) He did not want to worry them.

2. Penelope dreams that she will get a letter from Ambrose telling her that _______________________.
(a) he wants to have another child.
(b) he has fallen in love with someone else.
(c) his injuries are improving.
(d) he wants to move to the States after the war.

3. What do Penelope and Richard plan to do after the war is over?
(a) Open a business.
(b) Move to New York.
(c) Take art lessons.
(d) Get married.

4. Who had given the item in #165 to Penelope?
(a) Richard.
(b) Olivia.
(c) Lawrence.
(d) Ambrose.

5. Who is one of the children in the painting in #126?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Antonia.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Nancy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Brookner call Penelope in Chapter 12?

2. Why does Penelope have trouble sleeping this night?

3. What is notable about this day for Penelope?

4. What makes Penelope light-headed while in her garden?

5. What does Penelope feel for her first child?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Richard stand in stark contrast to Ambrose?

2. Who is Roy Brookner?

3. What does Penelope do on her last day in Porthkerris?

4. What does Penelope decide to do with the unfinished Lawrence Stern paintings?

5. Why does Penelope feel compelled to contact Boothby's without notifying her children?

6. Why is Penelope disappointed in her children?

7. Explain how Penelope's trip to Porthkerris provides closure to her life.

8. What is the nature of the letter Olivia finds in her mother's room and what does Olivia do with it?

9. What are the circumstances of Sophie's death?

10. Why does Penelope have such a fitful night after her appointment in London?

(see the answer keys)

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