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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, Chapters 21-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ada want to give Lucette a bath?
(a) Because Lucette smells bad.
(b) To attempt to drown her.
(c) Because Lucette hates baths.
(d) To escape from her for a few minutes.

2. At the table at Ardis Hall, who does Lucette sit between?
(a) Van and Marina.
(b) Ada and Van.
(c) Marina and the governess.
(d) Ada and the governess.

3. What does Ada like to paint pictures of from a book?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Mushrooms.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Birds.

4. On his way to catch the train to Luga, Mayne, to resume school, what excuse does Van make to stop the car to meet Ada?
(a) Picking some mushrooms for his father.
(b) Buying a new hat and coat.
(c) Buying a book for Marina.
(d) Washing in a stream.

5. What article does Uncle Dan try to read?
(a) An article in Africaans about spice farming.
(b) An article in Portuguese about sunflowers.
(c) An article in Dutch about oystering.
(d) An article in Greek about tennis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ada tell stories at meals?

2. What does Van dream of the night after he first has sex with Ada?

3. What does Ana raise?

4. What wakes Van his first morning at his aunt's home?

5. When writing her husband from sanatoriums, Aqua sometimes used a Russian term meaning what?

(see the answer key)

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