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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 color does Demon dye his hair?
(a) Red.
(b) Blond.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

2. What does Van dream of the night after he first has sex with Ada?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Being scolded by the governess.
(c) Holding hands with Blanche.
(d) Riding a horse.

3. What does Ada like to paint pictures of from a book?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Mushrooms.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Birds.

4. Where do Ada and Van lock up Lucette, ostensibly playing hide and seek, so that they can be alone?
(a) In a closet.
(b) In a bathroom.
(c) In her bedroom.
(d) In the attic.

5. How does Van act toward Ada in Chapter 32?
(a) Repelled.
(b) Overly affectionate.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Apathetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What figures are prominent in Ada's early memories of learning about male anatomy and sex?

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

3. What stage name does Van perform under?

4. What feature of Van's and Ada's is extremely similar?

5. What does Baron d'Onsky try to buy from Demon?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What becomes of Ada's old governess?

3. How does Van feel about Marina?

4. Describe the encounter between Blanche and Van.

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

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

7. What bad habit does Ana stop on her twelfth birthday?

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

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

10. How does Van circumvent the rules about what Ada is supposed to read from the library?

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