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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 part does Ada play in the film "The Young and the Doomed"?
(a) A pair of twins.
(b) A governess.
(c) A murdering widow.
(d) A barmaid.

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

3. How does Demon die?
(a) Of a stroke.
(b) In a car accident.
(c) In an airplane accident.
(d) Of heart failure.

4. What word does Greg seem to like to use?
(a) Awful.
(b) Horrid.
(c) Terrible.
(d) Grotesque.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who quips to Veen that he doesn't really need two women?

2. Where does Van keep Ada's communications for fifty years?

3. What day does Ada's husband die?

4. What color is Van's terrycloth robe?

5. What phrase does Ana use repetitively throughout her first communication with Van?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucette say about Ada's hands?

2. What does Van give to Lucette in exchange for the name of the man who wants to marry her?

3. How does Van respond to Ada's arrival?

4. What does Cordula tell Van about Vanda Broom?

5. How does Demon discover that Van is living with Ada?

6. What does Van do after leaving Demon?

7. What tragedy happened at the Villa Venus in Souvenir, Missouri?

8. Why does Van need to go back for more surgery?

9. What is Cordula's conversation like?

10. What does Van say is as common in dreams as metaphors are in poetry?

(see the answer keys)

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