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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Lilian at Portia's school?
(a) She fell in love with a female teacher at her former school.
(b) Her parents moved from Spain and it is the only school in the area.
(c) She fell in love with a male teacher at her former school.
(d) She is gifted and needs an accelerated course schedule.

2. What is Portia's last memory of her mother?
(a) Waving goodbye to her mother from the deck of a boat.
(b) Driving her mother to the train station.
(c) Portia doesn't remember her mother at all.
(d) Driving her mother to the clinic.

3. Who is Portia?
(a) Thomas's cousin.
(b) Anna's sister.
(c) Thomas's sister.
(d) Anna's daughter.

4. What happened to Anna just before she met Thomas?
(a) She suffered a miscarriage.
(b) Her mother died.
(c) She came back from a trip abroad.
(d) She came out of a failed relationship.

5. What does Thomas think of Anna's idea that Portia is unnerving when she stares at them?
(a) Portia should be more considerate.
(b) Anna is being neurotic.
(c) Thomas agrees with Anna.
(d) Thomas doesn't know that Anna feels this way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What film are Anna, Thomas, and Portia watching in part 1, chapter 3?

2. Why did Anna invite Major Brutt back to her home?

3. Who are the first characters introduced in the novel?

4. Why is Anna upset about Portia's distress in part 1, chapter 2?

5. What does Portia think about as she sits in front of the fire in Thomas's study?

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