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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Five, Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feeling does Van have while he tries to walk on his hands?
(a) That, while inverted, he is walking on Terra.
(b) That his neck is as versatile as a tail.
(c) That his left arm is shorter than his right.
(d) That his arms are disconnected from his body.

2. What is Cordula doing the first time Van tries to walk on his hands after his injury?
(a) She is reading a book.
(b) She is sleeping.
(c) She is brushing her hair.
(d) She is in the bath.

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

4. Over the thirteen years preceding Aqua's death, how much does Van calculate that he's spent with her?
(a) About nine months.
(b) About two years.
(c) About three weeks.
(d) About eighteen months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of fish does Lucette have when she and Van go to lunch?

2. Does Van talk to Ada before he leaves?

3. What word does Greg seem to like to use?

4. Who shows Van around his aunt's house?

5. Why does Ada tell stories at meals?

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