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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 the governess decide to stay in bed for five days?
(a) She has strained her back.
(b) She has sprained her wrist.
(c) She has bruised her ribs.
(d) She has broken her ankle.

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

3. What meaning does Marina put on Ada's black jumper and black skirt?
(a) In mourning for a lost flower.
(b) Deep and perilous void of mystery.
(c) Undertaker to the insecta.
(d) Untouchable angel of death.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1888, when Van visits Ardis Hall, what gift does he carry in his pocket?

2. What stage name does Van perform under?

3. What does Blanche tell Van?

4. At the table at Ardis Hall, who does Lucette sit between?

5. What board game is "Flavita" a Russian version of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Lucette to follow Ada and Van around in Chapter 34?

2. What are the circumstances of Marina's first romantic liaison with Demon?

3. What is the first trick Ada and Van use to escape from Lucette?

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

5. How does Dick cheat at cards, and how does Van best him?

6. How does Van feel about Marina?

7. How does Aqua kill herself?

8. What does Blanche look like as she is ready to leave?

9. What becomes of Ada's old governess?

10. What does Van do, when Ada suggests he spank Lucette?

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