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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Water Child.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Eric, the main character of the "Seven" chapter?
(a) 27.
(b) 37.
(c) 47.
(d) 34.

2. In the Carnival tradition, who is a married couple supposed to find, to ask the person to marry them?
(a) The most stone-faced person they could find.
(b) The drunkest person they could find.
(c) The most musical person they could find.
(d) The most sacred person they could find.

3. What do Nadine’s parents ask her to do, in their letter?
(a) Call them.
(b) Write them back.
(c) Come home.
(d) Send money.

4. What is Gabrielle Fonteneau’s profession?
(a) TV actress.
(b) Movie star.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Painter.

5. How does the narrator characterize Eric’s declarations of love to his wife after she comes home with him?
(a) Prattle.
(b) Babble.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Song.

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall is the sculpture Ka made of her father?

2. Why does Ka say that her father destroyed the sculpture?

3. How frequently has Eric called Nadine since they split up?

4. How does Eric look at his wife on the bus ride back home?

5. How long has it been since Eric has seen his wife, at the beginning of the "Seven" chapter?

(see the answer key)

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