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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Van's father offer to try to buy for him?
(a) Ardis Hall.
(b) A Manhattan apartment.
(c) An airplane.
(d) A car.

2. What does Baron d'Onsky try to buy from Demon?
(a) A small sculpture of an apple.
(b) A deck of risque playing cards.
(c) An engraved cigarette case.
(d) A picture of a nude woman.

3. What is the Andalusian architect Alonso supposed to design?
(a) A greenhouse.
(b) A play room.
(c) A school room.
(d) A swimming pool.

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

5. How long do Van and Ada give Lucette to memorize eight lines of poetry?
(a) An hour.
(b) Ninety minutes.
(c) Twenty minutes.
(d) Two hours.

6. What do the two kids who find Marina's pressed-flower book decide to do with it?
(a) Add more flowers to it.
(b) Hide it.
(c) Put it in a museum.
(d) Destroy it.

7. Why does Demon duel Baron d'Onsky?
(a) He was having an affair with Marina.
(b) He spread rumors about Demon.
(c) He cheated Demon in a business deal.
(d) He spread rumors about Marina.

8. Who walks in on Ada and Van making love?
(a) Dan.
(b) Marina.
(c) Lucette.
(d) Blanche.

9. What color are Ada's eyes?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

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

11. What structure catches fire and wakes nearly everyone in the house?
(a) A lighthouse.
(b) A barn.
(c) A gazebo.
(d) An outhouse.

12. In what Manhattan landmark building did Dan propose to Marina in 1871?
(a) The first commercial apartment building in Manhattan.
(b) The first Manhattan glass-walled building.
(c) The first Manhattan brownstone.
(d) The first ten-floor Manhattan building.

13. What board game is "Flavita" a Russian version of?
(a) Scrabble.
(b) Risk.
(c) Monopoly.
(d) Sorry.

14. Does Ada promise to be faithful while Van is gone?
(a) Yes, she promises she will.
(b) Yes, she promises but is secretly unsure.
(c) No, she's not sure she can.
(d) No, she is adamant that she will not.

15. What does Ada say about the roses Percy gives her?
(a) She likes roses, but not as much as daisies.
(b) She hates roses.
(c) She adoes roses.
(d) She is allergic to roses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bout comment is covered in dust?

2. What causes both Van and Ada to rush back to the house?

3. Where do Ada and Van lock up Lucette, ostensibly playing hide and seek, so that they can be alone?

4. How do Ada and Van keep their correspondence secret?

5. Why does Phillip Rack come upstairs, interrupting Ada and Van?

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