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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Caroline's character traits makes Robert fall in love with her?
(a) Her sympathy
(b) Her complacency
(c) Her beauty
(d) Her sharp tongue

2. What does the couple do each evening on the balcony of their hotel room?
(a) Discuss their relationship
(b) Make love
(c) Have a night cap before going to dinner
(d) Share their dreams

3. What did Robert do that made his sisters hate him?
(a) He was the only boy in the family.
(b) He beat them with a leather belt.
(c) He betrayed their trust to their father.
(d) He refused to put on makeup and his mother's clothes.

4. Why do Robert's sisters put him in their father's study after he has eaten sweets?
(a) They know their father will punish him for being in there.
(b) They want their father to see him with chocolate on his mouth and hands.
(c) They do not want to get in trouble for feeding him sweets.
(d) They know he will have diarrhea in there and will damage the sacred room.

5. What is notable about Caroline's demeanor when she invites Mary and Colin to dine with her and Robert?
(a) She seems as if she would rather they did not stay.
(b) She pleads for them to stay.
(c) She seems ambivalent about their presence in her home.
(d) She is excessively polite.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the waiter react when Mary and Colin order water and coffee?

2. Why are Mary and Colin not speaking to each other at the beginning of the novel?

3. Where are Mary and Colin vacationing?

4. How does Robert first meet Caroline?

5. Why does Robert's father beat him for three nights in a row?

(see the answer key)

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