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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After Van returns from washing his hands, where does he find Ada?
(a) In Lucette's room, reading her a book.
(b) In the music room, playing the piano.
(c) On a balcony, peeling an apple.
(d) In her bedroom, fast asleep.

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

4. What do the two kids who find Marina's pressed-flower book decide to do with it?
(a) Destroy it.
(b) Hide it.
(c) Put it in a museum.
(d) Add more flowers to it.

5. 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 smells bad.
(d) Because Lucette hates baths.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What article does Uncle Dan try to read?

3. Where is Van and Ada's first sexual encounter?

4. Which of the following authors do Van and Ada like?

5. What is Marina, Demon, and Daniel's shared birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Van first see Ada?

2. What does Ada say lions do when they eat a person?

3. How does Van feel about Marina?

4. How does Aqua kill herself?

5. Where and in what circumstances do Van and Ada first have sex?

6. What happens in Van's stage act?

7. How does Lucette want to draw flowers, when her sister is trying to teach her to draw?

8. How doe Van describe Ada's way of talking when explaining something funny?

9. What are the rules of marriage among relatives that Van and Ada discuss?

10. Describe the encounter between Blanche and Van.

(see the answer keys)

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