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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hortensia describe Peter on the morning after their wedding day?
(a) Neutral.
(b) Excited.
(c) Scared.
(d) In love.

2. What does Hortensia reveal to Marion at the start of Chapter Sixteen?
(a) She had an affair.
(b) Peter had a daughter with another woman.
(c) She had an abortion.
(d) She never loved Peter.

3. Why does Hortensia want to remodel her home?
(a) To spite Marion.
(b) To distract herself.
(c) To downsize.
(d) To fix its infrastructure.

4. What does Marion suggest is the reason Hortensia could never become pregnant?
(a) A medical anomaly.
(b) Hortensia was not supposed to become a mother.
(c) The stress of living in Katterijn.
(d) The presence of Beulah Gierdien's ancestors.

5. What best describes Hortensia’s feelings on her wedding day?
(a) Joy.
(b) Caution.
(c) Nerves.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Marion thinks about when she wakes up from fainting?

2. In what decade of life are both Marion and Hortensia?

3. In what country is the novel primarily set?

4. How many children does Marion have?

5. Where did Hortensia go to design school?

(see the answer key)

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