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

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

3. What gift does Dan give Ada for her birthday?
(a) A book.
(b) A box of mints.
(c) Monogramed handkerchiefs.
(d) A bracelet.

4. What Russian writer is quoted in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Dostoyevski.
(c) Chekhov.
(d) Pushkin.

5. In what language does Van write letters to his mother?
(a) French.
(b) German.
(c) Italian.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Van act toward Ada in Chapter 32?

2. After Van returns from washing his hands, where does he find Ada?

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

4. What does Dack run through the house with?

5. What structure catches fire and wakes nearly everyone in the house?

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