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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 is Ada's hair like?
(a) Long, straight, and dark.
(b) Long, curled, and dark.
(c) Short, blonde, and curled.
(d) Short, blonde, and straight.

2. Who fights by the edge of the brook?
(a) Van and Dan.
(b) Greg and Percy.
(c) Greg and Dan.
(d) Van and Percy.

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. What article does Uncle Dan try to read?
(a) An article in Dutch about oystering.
(b) An article in Portuguese about sunflowers.
(c) An article in Africaans about spice farming.
(d) An article in Greek about tennis.

5. What was Van wearing the first time she glimpsed him, before they met?
(a) A bathing suit and green towel.
(b) A black formal suit, hat, and gloves.
(c) A white sailor suit and blue cap.
(d) A gray shirt and shorts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dick give Van as payment for losing the card game?

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

3. What feature of Ada does Van most delight in?

4. Who shows Van around his aunt's house?

5. What causes both Van and Ada to rush back to the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Blanche look like as she is ready to leave?

2. How does Van circumvent the rules about what Ada is supposed to read from the library?

3. How does Ada act when she tells stories at the table?

4. What are the rules of marriage among relatives that Van and Ada discuss?

5. Describe the encounter between Blanche and Van.

6. What do Demon think of Marina's career as an actress?

7. What does Ada have to do before she can go off and meet Van in private in Chapter 20?

8. How does Aqua kill herself?

9. How does Lucette want to draw flowers, when her sister is trying to teach her to draw?

10. Where and in what circumstances do Van and Ada first have sex?

(see the answer keys)

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