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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How early are Vanessa and the children for their expected visit?
(a) Two and a half hours.
(b) Half an hour.
(c) Four hours.
(d) About an hour and a half.

2. What crisis looms before tea?
(a) The later arrival of the sugared ginger.
(b) The failure of the cake.
(c) The crisis over the dying thrush.
(d) Squabbles about the meaning of life.

3. What can Virginia feel inside herself?
(a) A black, evil soul.
(b) A cancer growing aggressively.
(c) A parallel, purer self--like a soul.
(d) Hunger--both to eat and to write.

4. What language did Virginia hear sparrows using?
(a) Greek.
(b) Gudjurat.
(c) Latin.
(d) English.

5. When did Vanessa last visit?
(a) More than a week ago.
(b) The previous day.
(c) A week ago.
(d) More than two weeks ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vanessa resembles a sculpture of which period, according to Virginia?

2. What does Laura intend to do in the hotel room?

3. What does Virginia fear?

4. Who has a voice like a parakeet, according to Virginia?

5. What is the meaning of the word 'obfuscation'?

(see the answer key)

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