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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Robert's mother leave a glass of water in his room at night?
(a) His father forbids him to have water during the night.
(b) She knows he needs an excuse to call her into his room when he has a nightmare.
(c) She feels it is her duty to serve Robert.
(d) She is afraid he will spill it which will cause his father to punish him.

2. How does Mary respond at first to Colin's sexual advances?
(a) She becomes enraged.
(b) She ignores them.
(c) She tells him to wait until after dinner.
(d) She eagerly embraces them.

3. What comfort does Robert offer Mary and Colin at the end of the chapter?
(a) A clean set of clothes
(b) Money
(c) The use of his home
(d) Water and coffee

4. What ritual did Robert's family perform each evening when he was growing up?
(a) They had vibrant dinner conversations.
(b) They sat and listened to his father read.
(c) They kissed their father goodnight.
(d) They sat and listened to his mother read.

5. Where does Caroline say that Mary and Colin's clothes are?
(a) She has put them in a locked cabinet in the bathroom.
(b) They have been sent out to a laundry service.
(c) They are in the washing machine.
(d) She has discarded them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Robert react when Mary asks him how he met his wife?

2. Where is Robert's wife originally from?

3. Why does Mary make the comment, "'Thank God I'm not a man'" when she, Colin and Robert enter the bar?

4. What do Mary and Colin discover after they make love one evening?

5. What does Mary liken the cafe to?

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