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

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

3. What question of Van's does Ada not answer in Chapter 12?
(a) What she feels about him.
(b) What the third Real Thing is.
(c) What she dreams about at night.
(d) What the difference is between town and country.

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

5. What gymnastic trick does Van help Lucette do?
(a) Do a cartwheel.
(b) Do a somersault.
(c) Walk on her hands.
(d) Balance-walk on a tree branch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Marina, Demon, and Daniel's shared birthday?

2. What do the two kids who find Marina's pressed-flower book decide to do with it?

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

4. Where does Marina have breakfast?

5. What contact with Ada excites Van?

(see the answer key)

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