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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 24, 25 and 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following characters do the villagers claim never to have seen?
(a) Conchis.
(b) Maria.
(c) Alison.
(d) Lily.

2. What does Nicholas find in one of the library books in his bedroom?
(a) The life history of Conchis.
(b) Books about art.
(c) A pictorial documentation of the female breast.
(d) Pictures of various members of the village.

3. What was Nicholas reluctant to speak or think about?
(a) Alison.
(b) Conchis.
(c) His Students.
(d) Teaching.

4. What does Nicholas smell as he is getting ready for bed?
(a) Flowers from the garden smell.
(b) Rotting corpse smell.
(c) Ammunition smell.
(d) Woman's perfume smell.

5. What does Nicholas tell the gatekeeper when he returns his gun?
(a) It did not have any ammunition.
(b) He found the gun.
(c) He took the gun by mistake.
(d) It missed its target.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nicholas think Conchis might be?

2. What would happen if Nicholas lost the game of chance Conchis proposed?

3. What was one of the first things Conchis and Nicholas did when Nicholas arrived for his weekend visit?

4. What does Conchis show Nicholas at the end of this section?

5. Where does this story take place?

(see the answer key)

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