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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, Chapters 39-41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ada tell stories at meals?
(a) To distract herself from the awful food.
(b) To impress Van.
(c) To show off her superiority to Lucette.
(d) To prevent her mother from overtaking the conversation.

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

3. What does Marina suspect might be Van's reason for leaving?
(a) His father is ill.
(b) He has left a girlfriend in London.
(c) He is angry at something she said.
(d) He is eloping with Blanche.

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

5. What feature of Ada does Van most delight in?
(a) Her forehead.
(b) Her neck.
(c) Her eyebrows.
(d) Her nose.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what language does Van write letters to his mother?

3. What does Ada say about the roses Percy gives her?

4. What activity does Marina do out on the lawn?

5. 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?

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