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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ralph?
(a) Virginia's eldest son.
(b) Leonard's assistant.
(c) Leonard's brother.
(d) Leonard's boyfriend.

2. Where would Clarissa like her ashes to be scattered?
(a) In her own garden.
(b) On the big dune at Wellfleet.
(c) Wherever Richard's are scattered.
(d) Over the lake in Central Park.

3. Who has a voice like a parakeet, according to Virginia?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Nelly.
(c) Barbara.
(d) Marjorie.

4. What is the very long chapter in Richard's novel concerned with?
(a) A meditation over the breaking of an egg.
(b) A woman shopping for nail polish.
(c) A woman giving birth.
(d) The uses of sandpaper.

5. How much of her book has Laura now read?
(a) More than a third of it.
(b) Half of it.
(c) Three quarters of it.
(d) All of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is important about the imagery of the squirrel's tail?

2. How does Virginia describe Ralph?

3. What annoys Leonard?

4. What do both Clarissa and Louis notice about each other?

5. What is Louis' profession?

(see the answer key)

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