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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Carrie and Cressida walk away together?
(a) So they can talk privately.
(b) To have a sexual liaison.
(c) To go make arrangements to walk Cressida's dog.
(d) So the photographers can't find them.

2. What is the first occurrence in Cressida's life that Carrie describes as a string of bad luck?
(a) The suicide of her father.
(b) The death of her husband.
(c) The death of a beloved dog.
(d) The death of Cressida's mother when Cressida is six.

3. Besides her accompanist, what else is Poppas to Cressida?
(a) Her coach.
(b) Her lover.
(c) Her mentor.
(d) Her conscience.

4. What did Cressida once worry about when she was broke?
(a) Having enough money to bury her first husband.
(b) Whether she'd have enough food for herself and Horace.
(c) If she would be able to afford a gown to apply for a part on Broadway.
(d) If she and her son would be put out on the streets.

5. In what ways does Cressida help Bouchalka?
(a) By finding him a job as a janitor at the Metropolitan Opera so he can hear music while he works.
(b) In his career as a musician.
(c) By helping his younger sister go to a school for aspiring musicians.
(d) By helping him stay in the United States legally.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Cressida's sisters and son justify their greed?

2. Why do Carrie and Henry decide to support the person is question 169?

3. What type of child was Cressida?

4. On the next visit to the restaurant where Carrie and Cressida first saw Bouchalka, what do they learn?

5. What does Cressida think might have been a better thing than to have married after the death of her first husband?

(see the answer key)

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