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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who utters Section 4's final words, "Now Percival is gone"?
(a) Neville.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Susan.
(d) Rhoda.

2. With what is Neville most unhappy as he appears in Section 4?
(a) That his food is cold.
(b) That Percival has not yet arrived.
(c) That Susan does not love him as he loves her.
(d) That Bernard is rude to him.

3. How is the singing of the birds described in Section 3's opening?
(a) Cacophonous.
(b) Harmonious.
(c) Silent.
(d) Ominous.

4. Who witnessed the kiss in the garden through a chink in the hedge in Section 1?
(a) Susan.
(b) Neville.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Rhoda.

5. Why have the characters gathered in Section 4?
(a) A farewell dinner for Percival.
(b) A farewell dinner for Louis.
(c) A farewell dinner for Jinny.
(d) A farewell dinner for himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the female characters does Neville express respect for?

2. Who is the first character to speak?

3. Who takes the children for a "brisk walk"?

4. Who asserts, "The words of authority are corrupted by those who speak them"?

5. What does Bernard acknowledge about his and the other boys' first night at school?

(see the answer key)

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