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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Laura desire?
(a) Kitty and Clarissa.
(b) Both Kitty and Dan.
(c) Dan.
(d) Kitty.

2. When she has to choose, what does Laura do?
(a) She drives into Los Angeles.
(b) She drives along the Pasadena Freeway.
(c) She drives to Pasadena.
(d) She heads off back the way she came.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Literally, what does the word 'porcine' mean?

3. Where is this chapter set?

4. What information does Nelly give Virginia?

5. What worries Leonard about Virginia's behavior?

(see the answer key)

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