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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 Olivia do with what she finds in her mother's room?
(a) She sells it.
(b) She seals it.
(c) She puts it in storiage.
(d) She burns it.

2. Penelope dreams that she will get a letter from Ambrose telling her that _______________________.
(a) his injuries are improving.
(b) he wants to move to the States after the war.
(c) he wants to have another child.
(d) he has fallen in love with someone else.

3. What are the adjustments that Penelope made the day before she died?
(a) Tailoring.
(b) Bereavement plans.
(c) Landscape design.
(d) Codicils.

4. What do Penelope and Richard plan to do after the war is over?
(a) Open a business.
(b) Move to New York.
(c) Get married.
(d) Take art lessons.

5. How old is Antonia?
(a) 21.
(b) 18.
(c) 10.
(d) 33.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Doris marry after the war?

2. Who had given the item in #165 to Penelope?

3. Who joins Noel at his mother's house on the weekend?

4. What did Penelope leave to Antonia in her will?

5. Who is Antonia in love with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Penelope have such a fitful night after her appointment in London?

2. What does Penelope do on her last day in Porthkerris?

3. How does Penelope meet Richard Lomax?

4. How does the relationship between Antonia and Danus mirror that of Penelope and Richard's?

5. Describe Penelope's last few moments in her beloved garden.

6. How does Richard stand in stark contrast to Ambrose?

7. Describe the encounter between Noel and Penelope upon Penelope's return from Porthkerris.

8. What impact does Sophie's death have on her family?

9. Why is the relationship between Nancy and Penelope so difficult?

10. Who is Roy Brookner?

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