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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapters 16-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Malcolm's father's bride to Olivia?
(a) Her responsibility.
(b) Both of these.
(c) Her problem.
(d) Neither of these.

2. What instrument were Mal and Joel playing?
(a) The saxophone.
(b) The piano.
(c) The guitar.
(d) The trumpet.

3. What was unusual about the picture of Malcolm's mother?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) It sparkled unlike anything else in the room.
(c) Everything but the picture had a layer of dust on it.
(d) Both of these.

4. What does Garland say was the reason Corinne left?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) Malcolm was an impossible child.
(d) Malcolm had an unnatural interest in her.

5. What news did Malcolm bring Olivia in the nursery?
(a) His father had remarried.
(b) His father, Garland, was returning.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Both of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Olivia greet Malcolm warmly when he had approached her in the nursery?

2. What does Christopher wish of Olivia?

3. What was the name of the retired Sunday School teacher?

4. Why was Alicia's act convincing?

5. What characteristic(s) of women did Malcolm despise?

(see the answer key)

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