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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Claudia is 31, what does she ask from God in prayer?
(a) That she would have fame and fortune as a writer.
(b) That her lover not be thirsty and dying in a desert.
(c) That she would not be alone.
(d) That her lover would choose to marry her.

2. What is Lisa's first instinct upon finding the item in her mother's ring as a child?
(a) To call it.
(b) To pocket it.
(c) To clean it out.
(d) To chew it.

3. What is Claudia writing when she receives her Fortnum's gift basket in the hospital?
(a) Checks.
(b) A letter to her daughter.
(c) A change to her will.
(d) Her history of the world.

4. What is the name of the club where the celebration in Chapter 2 takes place?
(a) The Place.
(b) The Cyclops.
(c) The Pub.
(d) The Gargoyle.

5. Which word does not describe Claudia?
(a) Cantankerous.
(b) Self-absorbed.
(c) Generous.
(d) Intelligent.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does 17-year-old Claudia go to Paris?

2. Who reared Lisa?

3. Who does Claudia call an "unprincipled bastard?"

4. How old was Lisa when she got married?

5. What one aspect of Tom's postwar plans makes Claudia hesitate?

(see the answer key)

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