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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cropper think about writing while he drives away from Daisy Wapshott's house?
(a) A book of his own poetry.
(b) His autobiography.
(c) A popular novel about Ash's life.
(d) A book about Ash's poetry.

2. What does Christabel compare herself to?
(a) A box.
(b) A tree.
(c) An egg.
(d) A doll.

3. What does Roland think he and Maud will do after they go upstairs?
(a) Have a drink and get to know each other.
(b) Make plans for the next day.
(c) Search through Christabel's room again.
(d) Talk about the letters they've read.

4. What relation does Maud say she has to Christabel?
(a) Maud is no relation.
(b) Maud is her great-great-great niece.
(c) Maud is her cousin's granddaughter.
(d) Maud is her third cousin once removed.

5. How old is Swammerdam in the poem?
(a) In his 80s but hanging on to life.
(b) In his 20s and just beginning his adulthood.
(c) In his teens and anticipating the future.
(d) In his 40s and close to his death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poem is James Blackadder annotating at the beginning of Chapter 17?

2. Where is the book that Roland looks at usually kept?

3. Where do Maud, Roland, Euan, Val, and Toby decide the letters should go?

4. What does Val say that she's not very good at?

5. When does Sabine realize Christabel is pregnant?

(see the answer key)

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