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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. During the summer, why is Jaromil alone?
(a) His grandma died and the house is nearly empty.
(b) The university girl left town.
(c) Maman is rarely home.
(d) He has alienated all his friends.

2. Why does Jaromil wait to show his poetry to the university girl?
(a) Maman has told him none of it is good enough to show to the girl.
(b) He wants to show it to her when it's published.
(c) He hopes she will show him some of her art first.
(d) He wants to show her the long poem when it is finished.

3. Why does Maman want to return to her relationship with the artist?
(a) She feels trapped at home with her widowed mother.
(b) She misses him more than she ever thought she would.
(c) She is lonely and does not have anyone else to turn to.
(d) She had betrayed him out of a sense of mere loyalty to her husband.

4. How does Jaromil's father prepare for leaving home several days at a time on business trips?
(a) He spends time with Jaromil.
(b) He makes Maman do his laundry.
(c) Maman cooks for two days ahead so he can take food with him.
(d) He never gives his family warning.

5. To Jaromil, what determines a woman's beauty?
(a) Her hands.
(b) Her body.
(c) Her spirit.
(d) Her face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the theme of the long poem reveal about Jaromil's thoughts?

2. What happens as Maman sees her son's physicality?

3. What does Maman do with the books that the artist loans her?

4. Why do Jaromil's drawings favor dogs?

5. Why does Maman weep as the artist makes love to her?

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