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

2. How does Portia know Eddie?
(a) He is a friend from when she lived in Switzerland.
(b) He is a friend of Anna's.
(c) He is a friend of her parents'.
(d) He is her caretaker when Anna and Thomas go on trips.

3. Whom does Anna run into as she is hailing a taxi?
(a) Robert Pidgeon.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Major Brutt.
(d) Mrs. Heccomb.

4. In what city is the novel set?
(a) New York.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

5. What does Lilian ask Portia at lunch in part 1, chapter 4?
(a) Why Portia hadn't told her about the letter.
(b) Why Portia has been absent so much in recent days.
(c) If Portia is inattentive in class because she is ill.
(d) What happened to Portia's parents.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What position does Thomas hold at his work?

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

4. In what time does the novel begin?

5. What happened to Anna just before she met Thomas?

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