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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the primary provider during Cressida's first marriage?
(a) Cressida's husband.
(b) Cressida.
(c) Cressida's father.
(d) Cressida's two sisters.

2. How does Cressida die?
(a) Suicide.
(b) On the Titanic.
(c) Of old age.
(d) A stray bullet from an assassin trying to hit the German chancellor.

3. When Cressida makes a surprise visit home during her tour, what does she find?
(a) Bouchalka having sex with the cook.
(b) Bouchalka near death with the flu.
(c) Bouchalka has finished a marvelous opera.
(d) Bouchalka has moved out of the home.

4. What type of child was Cressida?
(a) An aloof, fearful child.
(b) A lonely, shy child.
(c) An engaging, happy child.
(d) An extremely intelligent child.

5. Where does Bouchalka become a regular attendee?
(a) At Carrie's book club meeting each month.
(b) At Cressida's on Sunday afternoons.
(c) At the New York yankees ball games.
(d) To hear Cressida sing at the Met.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's name?

2. Why is Carrie able to spend a lot of time with Cressida over the next several days?

3. Who knows Cressida more than any other person?

4. As Cressida makes ready to marry Bouchalka, what does she do?

5. How does Cressida's trust in and loyalty to Poppas reflect some other aspect in her life?

(see the answer key)

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