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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character tells Hal that the photographer who created the picture she now has of her mother had been Ezra?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Ezra.
(c) Harding.
(d) Abel.

2. In Chapter 8, the reader learns that Hal's mother had died "a couple of days before" (55) which of Hal's birthdays?
(a) 18.
(b) 15.
(c) 21.
(d) 13.

3. Which character uses their medical training to examine Hal in Chapter 15?
(a) Mitzi.
(b) Harding.
(c) Abel.
(d) Edward.

4. With glasses of what type of alcohol do Hal, Ezra, Abel, and Harding make a toast to Hal's mother in Chapter 37?
(a) Gin.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Rum.
(d) Vodka.

5. How many pounds does the client in Chapter 6 throw onto Hal's table before leaving the kiosk?
(a) 100.
(b) 40.
(c) 60.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. What statement does Hal make to Ezra during a car ride that the narrator then declares to be "only half true" (183)?

2. What kind of food is Hal carrying home to her flat in Brighton in Chapter 1?

3. In Chapter 12, when Hal decides that she does not feel like an athlete after all, she decides that she instead "feels like a grandmaster before a" (90) what?

4. A diary entry included in Chapter 22 features which character's return home during a break from Oxford?

5. The epigraph included at the start of the novel The Death of Mrs. Westaway features what element in association with the number seven?

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