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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Hotel du Lac has a reputation for what?
(a) Providing a five-star chef.
(b) Providing a quiet retreat.
(c) Providing free dry cleaning.
(d) Providing free breakfast.

2. What does Edith remark to herself while Monica is talking?
(a) Edith thinks that she could be best friends with Monica.
(b) Edith wonders what the other guests are doing.
(c) Edith thinks that she is useless at understanding real-life people.
(d) Edith wishes that she was with David instead of Monica.

3. When Edith sees a tall and slender woman at the beginning of the story she assumes that she must be a what?
(a) A basketball player.
(b) A model.
(c) Dancer.
(d) A volleyball player.

4. What was the first thing that David ever said to Edith?
(a) "I love your perfume."
(b) "I must be getting back to the Rooms."
(c) "Your eyes are beautiful."
(d) "I think that I have found love at first sight."

5. Who does Edith see while sitting outside at the cafe downtown?
(a) Jennifer Pusey riding in a car.
(b) The tall woman chasing her little dog.
(c) Iris Pusey riding in a car.
(d) David walking down the street.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hosted the event where Edith met David?

2. What does Monica's husband want?

3. Why does Monica say that she is staying at the hotel?

4. Which guest approaches Edith at her first dinner and asks her to join them for coffee?

5. What characteristics does a woman have that Edith would consider a hare?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe a woman that would be considered a hare by Edith.

2. How do Penelope and Edith differ when it comes to men?

3. What does Edith write in her first letter to David?

4. Why does Edith not take all of the clothes out of her luggage when unpacking?

5. What is David's wife's reaction to him hinting that he is cheating on her?

6. How did Edith meet David?

7. What does Mr. Neville reveal to Edith on their walk together?

8. Describe a woman that would be considered a tortoise by Edith.

9. Why does Edith hear a scream from the Pusey room?

10. Why does Edith think that women get married?

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