PART TWO: CHAPTER THIRTY - Consequences Quiz — Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
Comprehension Quiz: PART TWO: CHAPTER THIRTY - Consequences
Where does Amy stay when she first arrives in London?
- The Savoy Hotel on the Strand
- The Bath Hotel on Piccadilly
- A boarding house in Kensington
- The Vaughn family home in Mayfair
How does a London bootblack identify Uncle as an American?
- By his accent when he spoke
- By the style of his shoes
- By his hat and overcoat
- By his newspaper
What is Amy's comical adventure with a hansom cab in London?
- The horse bolted and ran into a lamppost
- The driver went too fast and she could not communicate with him through the roof hatch
- The cab overturned on a cobblestone street
- The driver took them to the wrong address three times
Who are Fred and Frank Vaughn?
- Amy's cousins from England
- Laurie's English friends whom Amy met at Camp Laurence
- Uncle's business partners in London
- Students Amy meets on the Rhine boat
Why is Fred Vaughn useful to the group in Paris?
- He knows all the best restaurants
- He speaks French fluently
- He has a carriage and driver
- He has connections at the Louvre
What does Amy think of the French empress's fashion?
- She admires her elegant Parisian style
- She finds her pale but pretty, dressed in bad taste
- She thinks the empress is the most fashionable woman in Europe
- She does not mention the empress at all
What prompts Fred Vaughn's sudden departure from Heidelberg?
- A quarrel with Amy over their future
- A letter saying his brother Frank is very ill
- His father orders him to return for business
- He runs out of money at Baden-Baden
What reason does Amy give for being willing to marry Fred Vaughn?
- She is deeply and passionately in love with him
- She believes one of the March sisters must marry well to help the family
- Marmee has arranged the match
- Laurie has asked her to marry Fred
Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?
What does the word "mercenary" mean as Amy uses it in: "I may be mercenary, but I hate poverty"?
- Adventurous and daring
- Primarily motivated by money or material gain
- Cruel and heartless
- Rebellious against authority
What is a "barouche" as referenced in Amy's description of the French imperial family's carriage?
- A two-wheeled cart pulled by a single horse
- A four-wheeled carriage with a collapsible top and facing seats
- A type of riverboat used on the Seine
- A decorative sedan chair carried by servants
In the sentence "it mortifies me," what does Amy mean by "mortifies"?
- It angers her deeply
- It causes her great embarrassment or shame
- It confuses and bewilders her
- It physically exhausts her
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