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Question #1
Which member of the Miller family does Winterbourne encounter first?
A.   Randolph
B.   Eugenio
C.   Mrs. Miller
D.   Daisy
Question #2
When Winterbourne first meets Daisy, what does he observe about her looks?
A.   He observes that she is reserved and refuses to talk to most people.
B.   He observes that she is shifty and refuses to look at anyone directly.
C.   He observes that she is nervous and picks at the lace on her parasol.
D.   He observes that she is open and has an honest-looking countenance.
Question #3
Which of Daisy’s actions convinces Winterbourne that she is a “flirt”?
A.   She uses her little brother to introduce herself to Winterbourne.
B.   She asks him directly if he will accompany her to the Château de Chillon.
C.   She chatters monotonously about her tastes and personal history.
D.   She informs him that she has always had a great deal of gentlemen’s society.
Question #4
What evidence does Winterbourne’s aunt, Mrs. Costello, provide that the Millers are “common”?
A.   Daisy’s taste in clothes does not meet his aunt’s high standards.
B.   Daisy and her mother are on intimate terms with their courier.
C.   Daisy has agreed to travel to Château de Chillon with Winterbourne, unsupervised .
D.   Daisy has been too glib in a recent conversation with Mrs. Costello.
Question #5
How does Daisy react when she finds out that Winterbourne’s aunt has declined to meet her?
A.   She cries because she had her heart set on being introduced to a lady of society.
B.   She accuses Winterbourne of favoring his aunt’s opinion over hers.
C.   She is angry that Mrs. Costello would treat her so superciliously.
D.   She is embarrassed but then she rallies and admits that Mrs. Costello is exclusive.
Question #6
What type of mother does Mrs. Miller appear to be to Winterbourne?
A.   She appears to be a severe, criticizing mother.
B.   She appears to be a thoughtful, loving mother.
C.   She appears to be a lenient, careless mother.
D.   She appears to be an overbearing, interfering mother.
Question #7
How do Winterbourne and Daisy get to the Château de Chillon?
A.   They are conveyed in a private carriage.
B.   Winterbourne rows her across the lake.
C.   They take the public cars (the railway).
D.   They travel across in a small steamboat.
Question #8
When visiting Chillon, why does Daisy become upset with Winterbourne?
A.   He informs her that he is leaving Vevey in a few days, and she feels he is being unkind to her.
B.   He contrives to have the château to themselves, and she believes he is imposing himself upon her.
C.   He reads numerous descriptions about the château to her, and she thinks he is trying to bore her.
D.   He refuses to take the steamer back to the hotel in Vevey, and she thinks he is being obstinate.
Question #9
When Winterbourne arrives in Rome to visit his aunt after leaving Geneva, he learns that fashionable people there are beginning to notice Daisy’s behavior. Why?
A.   She is rude and intemperate at social functions.
B.   She refuses to take sanitary precautions against malaria.
C.   She walks about the city alone with unmarried men.
D.   She has attempted to entrap several men into an engagement.
Question #10
After many awkward attempts at conversation, Winterbourne succeeds at drawing out Mrs. Miller on which subject at a dinner party?
A.   Mrs. Miller’s dyspepsia
B.   Daisy’s scandalous behavior
C.   Randolph’s education
D.   Mr. Miller’s business ventures
Question #11
How does Winterbourne’s perception of Daisy’s actions differ from Mrs. Walker’s opinion of her behavior?
A.   Winterbourne believes Daisy is a heartless flirt while Mrs. Walker thinks she is in love with her Italian admirer.
B.   Winterbourne thinks Daisy is a thoughtless creature while Mrs. Walker thinks she is deliberately calculating.
C.   Winterbourne believes Daisy is acting like a typical American while Mrs. Walker thinks she is a fortune hunter.
D.   Winterbourne thinks Daisy is an innocent girl while Mrs. Walker thinks she is crazy and reckless.
Question #12
Why does Mrs. Walker beckon Winterbourne into her victoria carriage when she drives up to him, Daisy, and Giovanelli at the Pincian Garden?
A.   She wishes to confer with him privately about the best way to alter Daisy’s behavior to save her family’s reputation.
B.   She is unsuccessful in coaxing Daisy into the coach and doesn’t want to be seen driving home alone.
C.   She wants to drive him to visit his aunt, Mrs. Costello, who has suddenly come down with an illness.
D.   She wants to warn Winterbourne about Daisy’s reputation among members of high society and ask him to stop seeing her.
Question #13
After Mrs. Walker bars Daisy from her drawing-room parties, what does Winterbourne conclude about Daisy’s behavior?
A.   She is inscrutable and puzzling and he doesn’t know why she acts the way she does.
B.   She is mentally ill and her family is not shielding her properly from public scrutiny.
C.   She is completely innocent and unaware about the social consequences of her behavior.
D.   She can’t be held accountable for her actions because her mother is entirely to blame for her behavior.
Question #14
When Winterbourne finds Daisy and Giovanelli in the Colosseum, what conclusion does he finally reach about their relationship?
A.   He concludes that Giovanelli and Daisy have become engaged.
B.   He concludes that Giovanelli has been purposefully endangering Daisy’s health.
C.   He concludes that Giovanelli and Daisy are in a physically intimate relationship.
D.   He concludes that Giovanelli and Daisy are not on such intimate terms.
Question #15
As Daisy lays dying, what message does she want conveyed to Winterbourne?
A.   She forgives him for his coldness.
B.   She has always loved him.
C.   She is not engaged to Giovanelli.
D.   She thinks he is a horrid person.

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