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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is Florence's IQ?
(a) 152.
(b) 144.
(c) 160.
(d) 136.

3. What is the name of Florence's father Geoffrey's boat?
(a) Melon Ball.
(b) Sugar Plum.
(c) Candy Slice.
(d) Cinnamon Stick.

4. Which of Florence's family members usually helps her with tricky clasps when she is at home?
(a) Violet.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Marjorie.
(d) Geoffrey.

5. The narrator states that for Florence, "even their happiest moments, there was always the accusing shadow, the barely hidden gloom of" (178) Edward's what?
(a) Greed.
(b) Unfulfillment.
(c) Childhood.
(d) Dissatisfaction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what material are Florence's wedding night panties comprised?

2. What is NOT named as an example of Florence's clumsy nature?

3. For what reason do Florence and Edward arrive well before anyone else at the string quartet's rehearsal?

4. What does Florence do as a result of reading the words, "At B attack!" on the Amadeus Quartet's performance notes?

5. When Edward finally reaches Florence at the end of the beach, how far away from her does he stop?

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