View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kim Beuharnais use to extort money from Ada?
(a) Photographs of her and Van.
(b) Photographs of her and Lucette.
(c) Photography of her and Rank.
(d) Photographs of her and Percy.

2. What does Van insist on doing to avoid going to bed the first night on the cruise?
(a) Seeing a comedy show.
(b) Going to a dance.
(c) Going to a pool party.
(d) Seeing a film.

3. To whom does Van send the flowers he buys while waiting for Ada?
(a) A stranger.
(b) Dorothy.
(c) No one.
(d) Ada.

4. Who does Van have read and forward his letter to Ada about Lucette's death?
(a) His former governess.
(b) His father.
(c) Cordula.
(d) Ada's husband.

5. What is done with Marina's body after she dies?
(a) It is donated to science.
(b) It is buried at Ardis Hall.
(c) It is buried next to her husband.
(d) It is cremated.

6. What name does Van have for frightening dreams?
(a) Van-visions.
(b) End-edens.
(c) Terra-terrors.
(d) Dim-doom.

7. What causes Eberthella Brown to spill her coffee?
(a) A caterpillar.
(b) A ringing phone.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A rude joke.

8. Where is Lucette staying in New York?
(a) The Savoy Hotel.
(b) The Winster Hotel for Young Ladies.
(c) Van's apartment.
(d) A rented brownstone.

9. How does Ada introduce her husband to Van?
(a) She forgets to introduce him.
(b) She gives his full, formal name.
(c) She gives a familiar nickname.
(d) She calls him her husband.

10. Who does Van see on the train?
(a) Uncle Dan.
(b) Cordula.
(c) His father.
(d) Blanche.

11. Where does Van spend his free time while he is staying at Cordula's?
(a) The university.
(b) The local park.
(c) The art museum.
(d) The public library.

12. Who is visiting Villa Venus, causing it to be overrun with police?
(a) President Alexander Screepatch and King Victor.
(b) President Claudia Sauter and King Alexander.
(c) Lord Evan Vanderley and Duke Hawthorne.
(d) Queen Margaritte and Prince Aubrey.

13. What are the "three C's" Lucette says were talked about at Ada's house?
(a) Children, country, and complaints.
(b) Comedy, Coleridge, and cabbage.
(c) Cubism, communism, and cabaret.
(d) Cactuses, cattle, and cooking.

14. Who does the woman on the boat mistake Van for?
(a) Avery Andrews.
(b) Vivian Vale.
(c) Drew Dawson.
(d) Sidney Star.

15. Which of the following is NOT the name of one of Van's books?
(a) Terransmigration.
(b) Clairvoyerism.
(c) Furnished Space.
(d) The Texture of Time.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Demon die?

2. What is Van's earliest memory?

3. What does Van say it's wrong to confuse time with?

4. What does Van see in Lucette's handbag?

5. Who does Van challenge to a duel?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 485 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample