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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 60, 61 and 62.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nicholas react to the smoke he sees coming from the chimney of a house?
(a) Anger.
(b) Surprise.
(c) Fear.
(d) Terror.

2. What does Lily allow Nicholas to do before she leaves him?
(a) Hypnotize her.
(b) Ask her one last question.
(c) Kiss her on the mouth.
(d) Send a message with her to Conchis.

3. What causes Nicholas to flee in a fearful panic after his nap?
(a) Smelling the smells of a rotting corpse.
(b) Listening to Conchis's war stories.
(c) Hearing noises of a woman walking.
(d) Seeing a man who looks like Foulkes and a young girl.

4. What does Nicholas do when he returns to his room instead of preparing to sleep?
(a) Stands by his window and waits.
(b) Looks at books from the small library.
(c) Heads down to the beach to walk.
(d) Searches the house for more women's garments.

5. What conclusion does Nicholas come to about Conchis in this section of the novel?
(a) That he has special gifts and skills.
(b) That he must be mad.
(c) That he is hiding the truth from Nicholas.
(d) That he cannot be trusted.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the conversation between Nicholas and Lily on the beach end?

2. Which of the following characters do the villagers claim never to have seen?

3. What does Conchis invite Nicholas to do?

4. How does Mitford describe life on the island to Nicholas?

5. Why does Julie run away from Nicholas?

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