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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character gives a shaving kit as a birthday gift in Chapter 16?
(a) The ex-milliner.
(b) R.
(c) The old man.
(d) The narrator.

2. When Chapter 19 begins, the narrator states that how many weeks have "passed since the old man's birthday party" (171)?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Several.

3. Chapter 15 begins with an excerpt from the narrator's novel about a protagonist with what job?
(a) Typist.
(b) Bank teller.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Dentist.

4. When the narrator is no longer able to write novels, what does she type out over and over again?
(a) Profanities.
(b) Vowels.
(c) Consonants.
(d) Prayers.

5. The narrator gets a new job in Chapter 20 with a company that produces what?
(a) Pumpkins.
(b) Handkerchiefs.
(c) Spices.
(d) Perfume.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first natural disaster to happen in Chapter 21?

2. R asks to see which room of the unnamed narrator's home in Chapter 8?

3. What action does the narrator "instinctively" (149) take at the start of Chapter 17, just after she has heard the doorbell ring at the end of Chapter 16?

4. When R hears the unnamed narrator's description of the one object she remembers her mother showing to her, R identifies it as which stone?

5. What action do R, the narrator, and the old man take "for a long time" (204) once they are reunited in R's hidden room at the end of Chapter 21?

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