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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Shadow of a Tree.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Van say was his first aesthetic experience?
(a) Watching the branches of a tree wave.
(b) Shivering in the cold.
(c) Falling in love.
(d) Having pain feel intense.

2. What did Davy and Van decide to establish a code for before marriage?
(a) Their respect.
(b) Their "inloveness."
(c) Their solitude.
(d) Their togetherness.

3. When did Van and Davy secretly marry?
(a) After about a year together.
(b) They never married.
(c) After about two years together.
(d) After about six months together.

4. What happened when Davy remembered mocking people for having religious faith?
(a) She thought she needed it too.
(b) She thought she was right.
(c) She never mocked people.
(d) She thought she judged them too fast.

5. What did Van call "the dirge of a dying world?"
(a) Pathetique.
(b) Japan.
(c) New York.
(d) Waikiki.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Van say staying in Kensington did for him?

2. Who bombed Pearl Harbor?

3. What does Van say made him realize the feelings of pain and longing while in Kensington?

4. What did Van and Davy call their "shining barrier?"

5. What boat did Van and Davy buy in Miami after the War?

(see the answer key)

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