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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, Chapters 14-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes both Van and Ada to rush back to the house?
(a) Rain has started to pour down.
(b) They've forgotten a visitor is arriving.
(c) They are afraid they've left their diaries out.
(d) They are angry and want to each be alone.

2. What contact with Ada excites Van?
(a) She sits on his lap.
(b) They hide together in a cave.
(c) He gives her a pony-ride.
(d) They wrestle.

3. Why does Ada tell stories at meals?
(a) To show off her superiority to Lucette.
(b) To prevent her mother from overtaking the conversation.
(c) To distract herself from the awful food.
(d) To impress Van.

4. Why does Demon duel Baron d'Onsky?
(a) He spread rumors about Marina.
(b) He was having an affair with Marina.
(c) He spread rumors about Demon.
(d) He cheated Demon in a business deal.

5. What do the two kids who find Marina's pressed-flower book decide to do with it?
(a) Add more flowers to it.
(b) Hide it.
(c) Put it in a museum.
(d) Destroy it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Greg come to Marina's house?

2. At the table at Ardis Hall, who does Lucette sit between?

3. Where does Marina have breakfast?

4. When writing her husband from sanatoriums, Aqua sometimes used a Russian term meaning what?

5. What does Ada like to paint pictures of from a book?

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