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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The conversation between Zelda and Aurelia suggests what about their personalities?
(a) Aurelia is conservative while Zelda is liberal.
(b) Aurelia is restrained while Zelda is generous.
(c) Zelda is judgemental while Aurelia is forgiving.
(d) Zelda is forgiving while Aurelia is judgemental.

2. Marie discovers later in her life that the convent:
(a) Was a place for those who had abandoned the church.
(b) Was a kind of punishment for nuns who went astray.
(c) Was the final stop for difficult nuns.
(d) Was a part of the government plan to relocate Indians.

3. The precise timing necessary for Nector and Lulu's routine suggests:
(a) Lulu and Nector are bored with one another.
(b) Being with Lulu, as a wife and mother, is not so different from being with Marie.
(c) Being with Lulu is exhausting for Nector because she is a perfectionist.
(d) Lulu and Nector are afraid of getting caught.

4. While Albertine is changing in the bathroom, Henry:
(a) Tells her stories through the door.
(b) Has a flashback to Viet Nam.
(c) Feels a desperate need to get home and leaves.
(d) Gets sick and passes out.

5. Henry continues to tell himself to "advise restraint" throughout the evening in order to:
(a) Keep himself from breaking the bathroom door down.
(b) Keep himself from running away from Albertine.
(c) Keep himself from drinking too much.
(d) Keep himself from acting suddenly or violently.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marie will not pray because:

2. Marie's vision of herself stops her from running away because:

3. When Albertine says she "would never know how heavy a ton was unless it fell on [her]" she suggests:

4. Marie has "beaten" Nector at what he started because:

5. Lulu claims she is putting on weight because:

(see the answer key)

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