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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Major Brutt tell Portia about getting her heart broken?
(a) That it is simply part of growing up.
(b) That there is no need for her to cry, because it won't fix anything.
(c) That she should not be upset because Eddie was no good for her anyway.
(d) That it's not really so bad once you get used to it.

2. What does Portia demand to know about Eddie and Anna?
(a) If they were lovers in the past.
(b) Why they were having tea together.
(c) What they tell each other in secret.
(d) If they make fun of her behind her back.

3. Why does Eddie go back to London on Sunday night?
(a) He has to take care of his pets.
(b) He doesn't want to be around Portia anymore.
(c) He promised his landlady he would be back before the weekend was over.
(d) He has to work in the morning.

4. Why does Eddie tell Portia to go away in chapter 7?
(a) His feelings for her are stronger than the ones she has for him.
(b) He wants to be alone for a while.
(c) He feels smothered, because he doesn't feel for her what she feels for him.
(d) He doesn't want to hurt her.

5. What does Daphne want to know about Portia?
(a) If she really is an orphan.
(b) If she really has a boyfriend.
(c) If she is attracted to Dickie.
(d) Where she has lived before.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Portia now see, as a result of her argument with Eddie?

2. What does Portia ask Daphne while they are walking in chapter 4?

3. What did Mr. Bursely call Portia?

4. Why does Eddie call Anna at the beginning of chapter 3?

5. How does Eddie respond to Portia's confronting him about holding hands at the movie theatre?

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