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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What literary device is used in the phrase 'it runs like veins of brilliant metal'?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metalanguage.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Semantic.

2. In what season of the year does this part of the story take place?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Autumn.

3. Why does Laura tell Richie he is a smart boy?
(a) He can count to twenty.
(b) He can sift flour.
(c) He can fetch things from the cupboard.
(d) He can count to four.

4. To what is Laura's love for Richie compared?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Appetite.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Food.

5. Who dozes on a slatted bench?
(a) An old woman in a shawl.
(b) Leonard.
(c) An old woman in a red jacket.
(d) Clarissa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Laura tell Richie she will do today?

2. How does Virginia describe Ralph?

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

4. What does a good house speak of?

5. What does writing, when inspired, give to Virginia?

(see the answer key)

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