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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After playing a game, Van tries to get Lucette to go to bed and promises to bring her something. What does he promise to bring her?
(a) A toy.
(b) Cocoa.
(c) Candy.
(d) A hand-mirror.

2. Why does Greg come to Marina's house?
(a) To return Marina's lighter.
(b) To take Ada to a dance.
(c) To lend the governess a book.
(d) To take a horseback riding lesson.

3. What is Marina, Demon, and Daniel's shared birthday?
(a) January 5.
(b) Feburary 12.
(c) March 7.
(d) April 2.

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) Washing in a stream.
(b) Buying a new hat and coat.
(c) Picking some mushrooms for his father.
(d) Buying a book for Marina.

5. Where was Van born?
(a) Austria.
(b) Italy.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Germany.

6. What contact with Ada excites Van?
(a) They hide together in a cave.
(b) He gives her a pony-ride.
(c) She sits on his lap.
(d) They wrestle.

7. Where does Marina have breakfast?
(a) In bed.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In the sitting room.
(d) In the dining room.

8. What does Van dream of the night after he first has sex with Ada?
(a) Riding a horse.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Holding hands with Blanche.
(d) Being scolded by the governess.

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

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

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

12. Where do Ada and Van lock up Lucette, ostensibly playing hide and seek, so that they can be alone?
(a) In the attic.
(b) In her bedroom.
(c) In a bathroom.
(d) In a closet.

13. Why does the governess decide to stay in bed for five days?
(a) She has sprained her wrist.
(b) She has bruised her ribs.
(c) She has broken her ankle.
(d) She has strained her back.

14. Who is Van's first sexual experience with?
(a) A girl who works at the movie theater.
(b) A prostitute who works as a barmaid.
(c) A prostitute and young helper at the corner shop.
(d) A girl in his class at school.

15. Who shows Van around his aunt's house?
(a) Lucette.
(b) The governness.
(c) Ada.
(d) Marina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Ada and Van go, where Van compares Ada's body to the girlish body of the past?

2. At sixteen, who does Ada say she's older than?

3. What does Dick give Van as payment for losing the card game?

4. What word does the person who left the note in Van's jacket use for "dupe"?

5. What does Ada like to paint pictures of from a book?

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