2. 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.

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

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

5. Why does Ada tell stories at meals?
(a) To distract herself from the awful food.
(b) To impress Van.
(c) To prevent her mother from overtaking the conversation.
(d) To show off her superiority to Lucette.

6. 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) A hand-mirror.
(d) Candy.

7. What figures are prominent in Ada's early memories of learning about male anatomy and sex?
(a) A visiting parson and a caterpillar.
(b) A dock worker and a carriage driver.
(c) A visiting painter and a horse.
(d) A statue and a dog.

8. What does Dick give Van as payment for losing the card game?
(a) Entrance into the Venus Villa Club.
(b) A subscription to the Chose Chase magazine.
(c) A position with his father's company.
(d) A trip to Australia and Nice.

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

10. What game did Van win in a match against Pat Rishin at Chose in 1887?
(a) Go.
(b) Cribbage.
(c) Mah-jong.
(d) Chess.

11. What gymnastic trick does Van help Lucette do?
(a) Do a cartwheel.
(b) Do a somersault.
(c) Balance-walk on a tree branch.
(d) Walk on her hands.

12. 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.

13. Does Van talk to Ada before he leaves?
(a) No, he cannot find her.
(b) Yes, he seeks her out.
(c) Yes, but he didn't plan to.
(d) No, he carefully avoids her.

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

15. What does Marina suspect might be Van's reason for leaving?
(a) He is angry at something she said.
(b) He has left a girlfriend in London.
(c) He is eloping with Blanche.
(d) His father is ill.