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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the waiter react when Mary and Colin order water and coffee?
(a) He tells them the restaurant is out of coffee.
(b) He orders them to leave the restaurant.
(c) He fills their order immediately.
(d) He shakes his head.

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

3. What landmark do Mary and Colin come upon as they are looking for the restaurant that they realize they have seen before?
(a) A department store
(b) A statue
(c) A feminist poster
(d) A glass factory

4. What does Mary note about the water in Venice?
(a) It is exceptionally fresh and clean.
(b) It tastes like fish.
(c) It is plentiful.
(d) It is badly polluted.

5. What does Mary notice is different about Robert from the night before?
(a) The way he interacts with Colin and her
(b) The style of his clothing
(c) The scent of his cologne
(d) His sunglasses

6. Which of the following is NOT a type of map offered in the kiosks around Venice?
(a) A large fold-out map of the entire city
(b) A detailed map designed specifically for tourists
(c) A series of maps dividing the city into quadrants
(d) A small map with only the major streets marked

7. Which of the following is NOT an item in Robert's gallery?
(a) A statue of his father
(b) Portraits
(c) Straight razors and a shaving bowl
(d) A large dining table

8. Why is Robert surprised when his father calls him and his sisters into his study one night?
(a) They are never allowed in there.
(b) They thought they had evaded punishment.
(c) He believes his sisters should be punished, but he should not.
(d) They are only allowed to visit the study in the mornings.

9. Why does Robert's father beat him for three nights in a row?
(a) For damaging the rugs in his study
(b) For being in his study
(c) For eating chocolate
(d) For being unkind to his sisters

10. Why does Mary believe that the feminist posters suggest rapists should be castrated?
(a) To make the public take feminists less seriously
(b) To prevent rapists from becoming repeat offenders
(c) To discourage crime
(d) To make people see rape as a serious crime

11. Who is the only person who is kind to Robert after the incident in the study?
(a) His father
(b) The maid
(c) His mother
(d) Maria

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

13. Why doesn't Robert's father allow him to eat chocolate?
(a) He believes only girls should eat chocolate.
(b) He believes it will make Robert gain weight.
(c) Robert is allergic to chocolate.
(d) He believes it will make Robert weak.

14. How quickly do Robert, Mary and Colin drink their first bottle of wine?
(a) In ten minutes
(b) Over the course of an hour
(c) In twenty minutes
(d) In thirty minutes

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the main setting of this chapter?

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

4. Why do Mary and Colin not leave the cafe after the waiter shakes his head at their order?

5. Which of the following describes Mary and Colin's relationship at the opening of the novel?

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