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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 185-265.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Reading the Nabokov novel has convinced Vanessa of what, as she explains on page 76?
(a) Her maturity regarding Strane.
(b) Her fear of Strane.
(c) Her lust for Strane.
(d) Her power over Strane.

2. What has Vanessa’s mother taken from her room following her expulsion from Browick?
(a) Her yearbook.
(b) Her Polaroid of her and Strane.
(c) Her copy of Lolita.
(d) Her box of letters from Strane.

3. In the spring of Vanessa’s sophomore year, Strane’s literature class takes a field trip to see the home of which American artist?
(a) Edward Hopper.
(b) Jackson Pollock.
(c) Andrew Wyeth.
(d) John Singer Sargent.

4. What is the name of Vanessa’s faculty advisor?
(a) Mrs. Armstrong.
(b) Mrs. Antonova.
(c) Mrs. Andrews.
(d) Mrs. Adkins.

5. Where is the site of Strane’s death, as revealed on page 198?
(a) The Merrimack River.
(b) The Norumbega River.
(c) The Kennebec River.
(d) The Penobscot River.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the sophomores take a field trip in the winter of Vanessa’s sophomore year?

2. What does Vanessa tell her mother about her boyfriend on page 135?

3. What enthralls Strane when he visits Vanessa at home on page 154?

4. In what grade was Vanessa when Strane had his vasectomy, as revealed on page 226?

5. What does Vanessa have the urge to do after speaking with Strane on page 187?

(see the answer key)

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