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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Oh, What Avails.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of vehicle does Brenda drive?
(a) A van.
(b) A sedan.
(c) A jeep.
(d) A sports car.

2. What is Neil's answer when Brenda asks him if he ever took money from the girl at the sweets shop?
(a) He denies it.
(b) He says he did it once.
(c) He says she was not interested in him.
(d) He says he did it all the time.

3. What is Joan's last name?
(a) Fenton.
(b) Fontaine.
(c) Fulbright.
(d) Fordyce.

4. What did the man in #79 do during the war?
(a) He was a pilot.
(b) He was a reporter.
(c) He was a cook.
(d) He was an officer.

5. Which of the following does Averill NOT do on deck each night?
(a) Tells a story in her head.
(b) Drink champagne.
(c) Sings a hymn in her head.
(d) Sit quietly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a woman named Karin helping Austin to do as the story begins?

2. What does Almeda wonder when she hears the sounds in the night?

3. What did the narrator's mother think of the person in #6?

4. What does the snowstorm remind Karin of?

5. What is the main color of the stained glass in Joan's childhood home?

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