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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the word "gaucherie" refer?
(a) A type of flower.
(b) Gaucho-influenced fashion.
(c) Prettiness.
(d) Clumsiness.

2. Why is the meal with Mrs Van Hopper eaten in silence?
(a) Mrs Van Hopper is keeping silence for Lent.
(b) Mrs Van Hopper likes to concentrate on the food.
(c) The narrator has nothing to say.
(d) Mrs Van Hopper is annoyed with Max de Winter.

3. At the time the narrator bought the postcard, how much was her weekly pocket-money?
(a) A shilling.
(b) Fourpence.
(c) A dime.
(d) Twopence.

4. How does the narrator react to Maxim's invitation to lunch with him?
(a) She thinks he is just being polite and that her presence would spoil his lunch.
(b) She is excited at being invited to lunch with someone so important.
(c) She says nothing and goes quietly to his table.
(d) She is disturbed because he is flirting with her.

5. What does Maxim tell Mrs Van Hopper about his valet?
(a) He says that he overpays his valet.
(b) He says his valet gossips.
(c) He says he does not like travelling alone and the valet is company.
(d) He says he does not have a valet.

Short Answer Questions

1. For the narrator, what is the result of Mrs Van Hopper's illness?

2. What can moonlight do, according to the narrator?

3. What is it that the narrator describes as like a dark hand?

4. What is meant by "Jasper has gone to the happy hunting grounds"?

5. What does the narrator believe to be inevitable in everyone's life?

(see the answer key)

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