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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. How does Lawrence cheer up Sophie?
(a) Buys her a new wardrobe.
(b) Takes her dancing.
(c) Sends her on a trip back to London.
(d) Brings her roses.

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

3. What does Penelope want more than anything at this point in her life?
(a) Reunite her children.
(b) Find a husband.
(c) Return to Porthkerris.
(d) Take a Caribbean cruise.

4. Where is Penelope staying while Ambrose is at war?
(a) Carn Cottage.
(b) Meadowdale.
(c) Bristol Estates.
(d) Greystone Gables.

5. Why are Nancy and Noel mad at Penelope?
(a) She cut them out of her will.
(b) She did not buy them Christmas gifts.
(c) She gave the paintings to Olivia.
(d) She has sold the paintings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Penelope write to regarding her travel plans?

2. Who had given the item in #165 to Penelope?

3. Who is Antonia in love with?

4. What do Penelope and Richard plan to do after the war is over?

5. Why does Penelope have trouble sleeping this night?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is the painting, The Shell Seekers, now hanging?

2. What does Penelope do when she learns from Mr. Brookner that the paintings have sold?

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

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

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

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

7. Why is Penelope disappointed in her children?

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

9. Describe Penelope's last few moments in her beloved garden.

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

(see the answer keys)

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