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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who instigated the kiss in the garden?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Susan.
(c) Louis.
(d) Bernard.

2. What word best describes Rhoda's tone in Section 1?
(a) Pleased.
(b) Despairing.
(c) Excited.
(d) Neurotic.

3. Which character opens Section 2's monologues?
(a) Susan.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Louis.
(d) Bernard.

4. Which of the children struggles with mathematics?
(a) Louis.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Neville.
(d) Susan.

5. How did the character who witnesses the kiss in Section 1 react to it?
(a) With anger and confusion.
(b) With joy and excitement.
(c) By also trying to kiss Louis.
(d) With fear and despair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "I am one person--myself"?

2. Who does Bernard refer to as a "drunken sailor?"

3. What are the children doing as the novel begins?

4. Who is picking flowers alone in the novel's first section?

5. What is significant about what day it is at the end of Section 2?

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