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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, Chapters 21-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the table at Ardis Hall, who does Lucette sit between?
(a) Van and Marina.
(b) Marina and the governess.
(c) Ada and the governess.
(d) Ada and Van.

2. Who shows Van around his aunt's house?
(a) Ada.
(b) Marina.
(c) Lucette.
(d) The governness.

3. What structure catches fire and wakes nearly everyone in the house?
(a) A barn.
(b) A gazebo.
(c) A lighthouse.
(d) An outhouse.

4. What question of Van's does Ada not answer in Chapter 12?
(a) What she dreams about at night.
(b) What the difference is between town and country.
(c) What she feels about him.
(d) What the third Real Thing is.

5. Does Ada promise to be faithful while Van is gone?
(a) No, she is adamant that she will not.
(b) Yes, she promises she will.
(c) No, she's not sure she can.
(d) Yes, she promises but is secretly unsure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Russian writer is quoted in the beginning of the novel?

2. What is the "lolita" that Ada wears?

3. What do the two kids who find Marina's pressed-flower book decide to do with it?

4. Why does the governess decide to stay in bed for five days?

5. In what language does Van write letters to his mother?

(see the answer key)

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