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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Mary and Colin hear as they depart the boat dock?
(a) Robert's voice
(b) The sounds of water birds
(c) Caroline's voice
(d) The sound of the boat leaving the dock

2. What does Mary realize that frightens her?
(a) She and Colin must return to England soon.
(b) Robert and Colin knew each other earlier.
(c) Robert ad Colin are in love with each other.
(d) Robert has a photograph of Colin standing on the balcony of the hotel.

3. How does Robert first meet Caroline?
(a) Robert's family visits a fellow diplomat in Canada.
(b) She is a friend of his sisters' and she comes to the house to play.
(c) They meet at school.
(d) She comes to Robert's home with her parents who are Canadian diplomats.

4. Why do Mary and Colin think their newfound passion is especially profound?
(a) They believe it will last forever.
(b) They had long ago abandoned hope of rekindling it.
(c) They found it in a foreign city.
(d) They realize they are also aging.

5. Who does Mary notice as she is drinking hot chocolate in the hotel cafe?
(a) Robert
(b) Colin
(c) Caroline
(d) An elderly couple

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the "apelike" teenage boy spend his time doing while at the beach?

2. What condition does Caroline require Mary and Colin to meet in order to get their clothes back?

3. What has changed about Mary and Colin's relationship in this chapter?

4. What is Robert's opinion of Italian feminists?

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

(see the answer key)

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