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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Florence's nervous habit?
(a) She blinks rapidly.
(b) She cracks her knuckles.
(c) She crosses and recrosses her legs.
(d) She raises her hand to her forehead to sweep away an imaginary hair.

2. What is Florence's sole source of information about sex?
(a) A single day's lesson in health class.
(b) Her mother's three-minute talk.
(c) Nature television programs.
(d) A paperback guide for new brides.

3. How many people are said to have attended the same protest in Trafalgar Square that had been attended by both Florence and Edward?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 1,600.
(d) 500.

4. What vague intention does Edward have when he arrives at the train station on the day he meets Florence?
(a) To visit friends in London.
(b) To visit friends in Shrewesbury.
(c) To visit Big Ben.
(d) To visit his grandmother in London.

5. What is NOT one of Florence's duties in her part-time job at Wigmore Hall?
(a) Opening the door as the artists leave the stage.
(b) Making tea for the performers.
(c) Selling tickets.
(d) Turning pages for the pianists.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator names Edward's "one serious unphysical pastime" as what?

2. What item of Harold Mather's gets broken when he is bullied by a passerby in Soho?

3. What item does Edward always keep in his jacket pocket?

4. In what year of college does Florence secure a job backstage at Wigmore Hall?

5. How does Florence feel about the prospect of having children?

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