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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How could Cressida's approach to her career be described?
(a) Slap happy.
(b) Cold and calculating.
(c) On again/off again enthusiasm.
(d) Winsome ways and dedicated work ethic.

2. How do Carrie and Cressida first meet?
(a) As college roommates.
(b) In their freshman year of high school.
(c) When their husbands were stationed together in the navy.
(d) In grammar school in their hometown of Columbus, Ohio.

3. Several themes are apparent in Part 2; one theme might be what?
(a) Being a fugitive.
(b) Greed.
(c) Murder.
(d) Embezzlement.

4. Who are two relatives accompanying the famous singer?
(a) Miss Jillian, her sister, and Horace, her son.
(b) Miss Julia, her sister, and Homer, her son.
(c) Miss Julia, her sister, and Harold, her son.
(d) Miss Julia, her sister, and Horace, her son.

5. When Cressida makes the statement in Part II that she "very nearly escaped her destiny," of what might this be an example?
(a) Prophesy.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Cressida and Poppas have for each other?

2. To what party is Cressida's father devoted?

3. As Cressida walks toward her stateroom, who does she encounter?

4. What is a word Cassie uses to describe Cressida's approach to her work?

5. Why does Julia return to her stateroom?

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