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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chaps. 15-28, pp.114-158.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the blond girl wear a beautiful white dress to the dance hall?
(a) She wants to personify the snow.
(b) It is her wedding dress.
(c) She wants to attract attention from the boys around her.
(d) She wants Xavier to notice her.

2. What happens as Maman sees her son's physicality?
(a) She begins to accept her own physicality.
(b) Her tenderness increases.
(c) She becomes even more revolted by physicality.
(d) She begins to question her sexuality.

3. What is the first time Jaromil's words save him from punishment?
(a) When his insult was a rhyme.
(b) When he used adult vocabulary at a young age.
(c) When he began reciting the encyclopedia.
(d) When he yelled in a trochee speech pattern.

4. Why does Maman push away her husband's hand when he wants to make love?
(a) She suspects that he was cheating.
(b) She wants to punish him for humiliating her.
(c) She knows that she no longer loves him.
(d) She wants him to apologize for humiliating her.

5. Why does Jaromil begin taking lesson from the art teacher?
(a) His art was consistently mediocre.
(b) He thought the art teacher would make a good father.
(c) He was tired of drawing people with dogs' heads.
(d) Maman took an interest in the art teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maman take her husband's picture off the wall?

2. In Part III, Chapter 19, how does Jaromil get a fever?

3. Where does Xavier usually go when he skips school?

4. What is Jaromil's first long poem about?

5. Why does the artist paint two X's on Maman's face?

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