View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Noel interested in Amabel?
(a) She is wealthy.
(b) She is a celebrity.
(c) She is brilliant.
(d) She is a model.

2. What does Penelope think about the person in #61 when she first sees him/her?
(a) He resembles someone else she knows.
(b) He looks energetic.
(c) He is very handsome.
(d) She is pretty frumpy.

3. Who is Penelope's father?
(a) Edward.
(b) Gerald.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Lawrence.

4. Who is the daughter of the man in #17?
(a) Antonia.
(b) Ava.
(c) Isabella.
(d) Christine.

5. Who will be staying with Penelope for a little while?
(a) Avery.
(b) Antonia.
(c) Ava.
(d) Addie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Olivia and Nancy's brother?

2. Why does the man in #25 intend to visit his mother soon?

3. Penelope remembers what life was like when she was ______________.

4. What name does Ambrose's mother want Penelope to call her after the wedding?

5. Which of the following does the man in #25 NOT have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author use foreshadowing by introducing Antonia into Olivia and Penelope's lives?

2. What importance do Noel and Nancy place on the Lawrence Stern paintings?

3. What is the irony of Olivia's life as opposed to those of her brother and sister?

4. What is Nancy's relationship with Penelope?

5. Which sister--Olivia or Nancy--is the one who is able to get things accomplished?

6. Who is Doris Potter and how does she enter into the lives of Penelope's family?

7. How is Olivia's view of the Lawrence Stern paintings different from how Olivia views them?

8. How important is independence in Olivia's life?

9. Who is Danus Muirfield?

10. What is life like for Penelope's daughter, Nancy?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 889 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample