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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator name as Edward's main activity during the weekends in his college years?
(a) Playing football.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Playing poker.
(d) Studying.

2. What does Florence notice happens after a girlfriend starts going steady with another student?
(a) She gets married within the year.
(b) Her grades fall.
(c) She vanishes socially.
(d) Her social status rises.

3. What is NOT a quality Edward lists among the qualities of Harold Mather's that would have made Harold the perfect victim at Edward's grammar school?
(a) He is talkative.
(b) He is short.
(c) He wears thick glasses.
(d) He is Jewish.

4. In what month and year does Edward say his last fightfight occurred?
(a) March of 1965.
(b) May of 1967.
(c) August of 1958.
(d) January of 1961.

5. What is the name of Florence's string quartet?
(a) The Ennismore Quartet.
(b) The Eldridge Quartet.
(c) The Ellingham Quartet.
(d) The Elsinore Quartet.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many hours a day does Florence practice the violin during her college years?

2. What is NOT one of the jobs Edward volunteers to do for Violet's family during the summer of 1961?

3. When Edward wonders whether he should find a proper job instead of pursuing his writing, what job does he imagine taking?

4. The narrator reports that when Edward stares at Florence, she does not take what action that every other girl takes when he stares at them?

5. How old is Edward's father Geoffrey when Edward is courting Florence?

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