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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 163 - 216).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brian ask Melinda to do privately with him in Part IV?
(a) Go to a reading.
(b) Go for a drink.
(c) Go dancing.
(d) Go for a row on a lake.

2. How does Melinda describe June Wilson?
(a) As a firebrand.
(b) As a phoenix.
(c) As a dreary little girl.
(d) As a brilliant woman.

3. Who does Vic hear thinks his tale about Malcolm McRae was in poor taste?
(a) Don Wilson.
(b) Horace Meller.
(c) Henry Edwards.
(d) Phil Cowan.

4. What recurring image does Vic have in Part IV?
(a) That of a bird dying.
(b) That of a fire.
(c) That of a cut he had once on his hand.
(d) That of a storm from his childhood.

5. What does Vic's most trusted worker call him?
(a) Victor.
(b) Sir.
(c) Mister.
(d) Vic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vic show Don Wilson that Vic often works on in his garage?

2. What kind of people does Vic think of the Petersons as?

3. What does Phil Cowan ask Vic in a fit of pique about Melinda's behavior after De Lisle's death?

4. Which poet's work does Vic have his next book from the press planned to print?

5. What does Melinda suffer from at the Cowans' party?

(see the answer key)

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