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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Florence do when Edward asks her to keep still while he is trying to unzip her dress?
(a) She leaps out of bed.
(b) She whimpers.
(c) She freezes.
(d) She shoves him away.

2. What literary device is employed in the narrator's statement that for Florence, "It was torture to remain in the room with someone who knew her like this" (131)?
(a) Simile.
(b) Irony.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Understatement.

3. Florence likens her one moment of stirring sensual passion to what historical event?
(a) The nuclear disarmament protest in Trafalgar Square in 1959.
(b) The Great London Fire of 1666.
(c) The Boer War.
(d) The Battle of Hastings.

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

5. What color are Edward's eyes?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what type of factory does Geoffrey take Edward when thinking about giving Edward a job in his firm?

2. In what month and year does Edward say his last fightfight occurred?

3. The narrator states that when Edward first sees Florence, the lighting makes her face resemble a what?

4. In what season does Edward first tell Florence that he loves her?

5. What emotion does Edward finally realize Harold Mather is experiencing in relation to Edward's treatment of the bully?

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