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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dack run through the house with?
(a) Clothes from Van's room.
(b) A bird he has caught in the garden.
(c) A hambone from the kitchen.
(d) Cottonwool soaked with blood.

2. Why does Phillip Rack come upstairs, interrupting Ada and Van?
(a) To say goodbye to the family.
(b) To look for a restroom.
(c) To find a quiet place to lie down.
(d) To find a back way out of the house.

3. After Van returns from washing his hands, where does he find Ada?
(a) In her bedroom, fast asleep.
(b) In the music room, playing the piano.
(c) On a balcony, peeling an apple.
(d) In Lucette's room, reading her a book.

4. At sixteen, who does Ada say she's older than?
(a) Her mother when she first gave birth.
(b) Her father when he took his third lover.
(c) Her aunt when she first went into the asylum.
(d) Her grandmother at the time of her first divorce.

5. What was Van wearing the first time she glimpsed him, before they met?
(a) A bathing suit and green towel.
(b) A white sailor suit and blue cap.
(c) A gray shirt and shorts.
(d) A black formal suit, hat, and gloves.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1888, when Van visits Ardis Hall, what gift does he carry in his pocket?

2. What was Van's first novel called?

3. Where does Van keep Ada's communications for fifty years?

4. At the table at Ardis Hall, who does Lucette sit between?

5. Where does Percy de Prey ask Van to meet him?

(see the answer key)

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