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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Pastorale.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book 1, Chapter 3, what is Deighton's latest idea for making money?
(a) Selling voodoo dolls.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Making rum.
(d) Chopping wood.

2. Where do people in the story go for fun on a Saturday night?
(a) Greenwich Village.
(b) Central Park.
(c) Fulton Street.
(d) Staten Island.

3. Which of the following is the year in which the opening of the book is set?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1939.

4. Why did parents avoid teaching their daughters about sex in the early part of the 20th Century?
(a) Because they thought that the girls would not have sex if they did not know about it.
(b) Because they wanted to scare the girls.
(c) Because they knew that girls would never get married if they did not have knowledge about sex.
(d) Because they thought that girls were evil.

5. In Book 1, Chapter 3, what do Suggie and her date drink?
(a) Milk.
(b) Gin.
(c) Soda.
(d) Rum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Selina's parents argue about frequently?

2. Why are the children at Miss Thompson's hungry?

3. What does Suggie like to drink?

4. When they get to the park, where do Beryl and Selina go?

5. What is the relationship between Suggie and Selina?

(see the answer key)

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