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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, Chapters 14-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes both Van and Ada to rush back to the house?
(a) They are angry and want to each be alone.
(b) They are afraid they've left their diaries out.
(c) They've forgotten a visitor is arriving.
(d) Rain has started to pour down.

2. Why does Greg come to Marina's house?
(a) To take Ada to a dance.
(b) To take a horseback riding lesson.
(c) To lend the governess a book.
(d) To return Marina's lighter.

3. Who is Van's first sexual experience with?
(a) A girl in his class at school.
(b) A prostitute and young helper at the corner shop.
(c) A girl who works at the movie theater.
(d) A prostitute who works as a barmaid.

4. Who shows Van around his aunt's house?
(a) Marina.
(b) Ada.
(c) Lucette.
(d) The governness.

5. What do the two kids who find Marina's pressed-flower book decide to do with it?
(a) Destroy it.
(b) Add more flowers to it.
(c) Put it in a museum.
(d) Hide it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over the thirteen years preceding Aqua's death, how much does Van calculate that he's spent with her?

2. What Russian writer is quoted in the beginning of the novel?

3. Where is Van and Ada's first sexual encounter?

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

5. What does Ana raise?

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