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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Van hear Ada say "chort" or "devil"?
(a) In the library.
(b) At the zoo.
(c) At a picnic.
(d) At the dentist.

2. What word does the person who left the note in Van's jacket use for "dupe"?
(a) Chicane.
(b) Befool.
(c) Berne.
(d) Cozen.

3. What does Ada think of telling Lucette, to get her to leave Van alone?
(a) That Van is gay.
(b) That Van is secretly a woman.
(c) That Van is her uterine brother.
(d) That Van detests her.

4. When Van meets Ada in the forest fork, what is she wearing?
(a) Shorts and a blue shirt.
(b) A long white formal dress.
(c) A yellow tennis outfit.
(d) A robe and slippers.

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

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

7. What is the "lolita" that Ada wears?
(a) A hat.
(b) A shawl.
(c) A skirt.
(d) A shirt.

8. At sixteen, who does Ada say she's older than?
(a) Her grandmother at the time of her first divorce.
(b) Her mother when she first gave birth.
(c) Her aunt when she first went into the asylum.
(d) Her father when he took his third lover.

9. Where does Percy de Prey ask Van to meet him?
(a) At the islet in Lake Ladore.
(b) At the stables behind Ardis Hall.
(c) At the creek in the woods.
(d) At Maidenhair Road and Tourbiure Lane.

10. Why does Ada want to give Lucette a bath?
(a) To escape from her for a few minutes.
(b) To attempt to drown her.
(c) Because Lucette hates baths.
(d) Because Lucette smells bad.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What Russian writer is quoted in the beginning of the novel?

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

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

4. Who fights by the edge of the brook?

5. What is Ada's hair like?

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