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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. What causes both Van and Ada to rush back to the house?
(a) They've forgotten a visitor is arriving.
(b) They are afraid they've left their diaries out.
(c) They are angry and want to each be alone.
(d) Rain has started to pour down.

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

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

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

5. What feature of Ada does Van most delight in?
(a) Her neck.
(b) Her eyebrows.
(c) Her forehead.
(d) Her nose.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long do Van and Ada give Lucette to memorize eight lines of poetry?

3. Why does Demon duel Baron d'Onsky?

4. What word does the person who left the note in Van's jacket use for "dupe"?

5. What color does Demon dye his hair?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Marina chastise Van for, after calling him into her room?

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

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

5. How does Van first see Ada?

6. What do Demon think of Marina's career as an actress?

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

8. What happens in Van's stage act?

9. How does Ada act when she tells stories at the table?

10. Describe the encounter between Blanche and Van.

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