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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Portia feel about school?
(a) She enjoys it because it's a challenge.
(b) She doesn't like it and gets in trouble a lot.
(c) She enjoys it because it's a break from her home.
(d) She doesn't mind it, but isn't excited about it.

2. 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) She fell in love with a female teacher at her former school.
(d) Her parents moved from Spain and it is the only school in the area.

3. In what month does the novel begin?
(a) April.
(b) January.
(c) October.
(d) July.

4. What is the name of Mrs. Heccomb's beach house?
(a) Mauna Loa.
(b) Waikiki.
(c) Honolulu.
(d) Oahu.

5. How old is Portia?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Fourteen.

6. What is the reason Thomas gives Anna for why he thinks Portia is upset in part 1, chapter 2?
(a) Portia is beginning her menstrual cycle.
(b) He gives no reason.
(c) Portia is missing her mother.
(d) Thomas said something hurtful to Portia.

7. What is the school Portia attends like?
(a) It is an expensive school for gifted children.
(b) It is a public school, and she is sent there because it is low-cost.
(c) It is an expensive school for girls who are out-of-the-ordinary.
(d) It is a low-cost school for children with learning disabilities.

8. Who had Portia's diary for nine days?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Anna.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Matchett.

9. What position does Thomas hold at his work?
(a) He is a partner and partial owner.
(b) He is a lower-level employee.
(c) He owns the company.
(d) He is a supervisor.

10. For how long did Eddie and Anna see one another regularly?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) A year.
(d) One month.

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

12. What is Anna upset with Portia about in part 1, chapter 2?
(a) A letter Anna discovered, written to Portia by Eddie.
(b) The contents of Portia's diary.
(c) The condition of Portia's bedroom.
(d) Portia's relationship with Thomas.

13. What does Thomas think the visitor might want?
(a) To see Anna.
(b) Money.
(c) To see Portia.
(d) A job.

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

15. What did Mrs. Quayne do when she received the news that Portia had been born?
(a) Played the piano until dinner.
(b) Went out to lunch and didn't come back until late.
(c) Mrs. Quayne never received the news of Portia's birth.
(d) Shut herself in her room for the rest of the day.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Matchett feel about Mrs. Quayne sending Mr. Quayne away?

2. Who is Portia's friend at school?

3. What advice does Matchett give Portia about Eddie?

4. Who answers the door for the visitor in part 1, chapter 7?

5. With whom does Anna return home in part 1, chapter 2?

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