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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. What does Monica tell Edith about Mme. de Bonneuil's son?
(a) He visits Mme. de Bonneuil only once a month and then forgets her.
(b) He is sick.
(c) He lives on a different continent.
(d) He is deceased.

2. Who took Edith out to eat before she left for her trip in order to help raise her spirits?
(a) David.
(b) Her friend.
(c) Her agent.
(d) Her neighbor.

3. Who did Edith go to as a child for comfort?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her aunts.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

4. What is the name of Edith's novel that she is working on?
(a) Beneath the Visiting Moon.
(b) Together.
(c) Beneath the Starry Night.
(d) Lovers Lane.

5. What does David do for a living?
(a) Mechanic.
(b) Auctioneer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed man at the cafe finds the idea that Edith may be a writer ________.

2. What does Monica say about Jennifer?

3. Where does Edith go for her first walk?

4. What does Edith do while in the dining room for the first time?

5. What does Edith compare the Puseys' room to after having visited it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Edith remark to herself while Monica eats her eclair?

2. Why is Edith at the hotel in the beginning of the book?

3. In Chapter 2, it says that Edith dresses and reluctantly goes downstairs for dinner. What reason do they give for her reluctance?

4. Name three amenities that the Hotel du Lac does not have that many other hotels do.

5. What does Iris do that makes Edith understand that she is not comfortable socially unless in the dominant position?

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

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

8. What is the problem with Monica's marriage?

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

10. Why was Edith never close to her mother?

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