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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator describe as the result of Florence's infrequent episodes of showing affection to her father Geoffrey?
(a) Her father leaves her alone for a few weeks.
(b) She is given everything she wants for a few weeks.
(c) She loathes herself later.
(d) Her mother becomes jealous and mistreats her.

2. What is Florence's nervous habit?
(a) She crosses and recrosses her legs.
(b) She cracks her knuckles.
(c) She blinks rapidly.
(d) She raises her hand to her forehead to sweep away an imaginary hair.

3. In what year do Florence and Edward both attend the same protest in Trafalgar Square?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1959.

4. During what decade does the couple's wedding take place?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1970s.

5. What instrument does Florence believe her sister Ruth plays "abysmally" (101)?
(a) The piano.
(b) The viola.
(c) The cello.
(d) The violin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of Florence's favorite actions that the other girls at her hostel take?

2. Which of Florence's family members usually helps her with tricky clasps when she is at home?

3. Edward mistakes the inner turmoil causing Florence's leg muscle spasm for what other emotion?

4. What image is on the paperback guide that Florence relies upon for information about sex?

5. What is NOT a sound Florence remembers hearing while "lying still" and "waiting" and feeling she is "in disgrace" (122) during her and her father's two-day boat crossing when she is 12 years old?

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