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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 66 - 96.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which of the following colors does Leigh compare her laughter?
(a) Stil de grain yellow.
(b) Monoazo yellow.
(c) Cadmium yellow.
(d) Mikado yellow.

2. Which of the following colors does Leigh associate with Dorothy’s suffering?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

3. Which of the following examples of “silly childhood rhyme” does Leigh recall when walking out of Dorothy’s funeral (14)?
(a) “Don’t step on a crack or you’ll break your mother’s back.”
(b) “Oh my, what a sigh!”
(c) “Little Leigh, full of glee!”
(d) “I see London, I see France, I see someone’s underpants!”

4. The comment that “my mind went blank, like a computer screen shutting down” (16) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Simile.

5. Which of the following composers’ work does Leigh recall her mother playing when she first uses the strange incense?
(a) Brahms.
(b) Bach.
(c) Berlioz.
(d) Beethoven.

Short Answer Questions

1. On which of the following floors do Leigh’s grandparents live?

2. Which of the following does Leigh burn along with the strange incense?

3. As which of the following does Leigh describe Cheslin?

4. With which of the following is Dorothy’s suicide note found?

5. As which of the following colors does Leigh describe her mother’s voice (9)?

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