2. What is Ada's hair like?
(a) Short, blonde, and curled.
(b) Long, curled, and dark.
(c) Short, blonde, and straight.
(d) Long, straight, and dark.

3. What wakes Van his first morning at his aunt's home?
(a) His aunt shaking him.
(b) A bell.
(c) The governess bringing tea.
(d) Birds.

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

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

6. How do Ada and Van keep their correspondence secret?
(a) They write letters in code.
(b) They write letters in disappearing ink.
(c) They write letters reversed and read them in mirrors.
(d) They deliver letters only in person and burn them after reading.

7. Where do Ada and Van go, where Van compares Ada's body to the girlish body of the past?
(a) A small island in Lake Ladore.
(b) A tumbled down tower in a meadow.
(c) A mushroom cave behind a small wood.
(d) The stables where the horses are kept.

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

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

10. Which of the following authors do Van and Ada like?
(a) Herr Masoch.
(b) Marquis de Sade.
(c) Rabelais.
(d) Heinrch Muller.

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

12. At the table at Ardis Hall, who does Lucette sit between?
(a) Marina and the governess.
(b) Ada and Van.
(c) Ada and the governess.
(d) Van and Marina.

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

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

15. 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.