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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the woman under the arch doing?
(a) Looking for tricks.
(b) Begging.
(c) Sniffing a huge bunch of flowers.
(d) Singing.

2. How does Virginia get along with her neighbors?
(a) Sometimes they clash, but on the whole they get on well.
(b) She doesn't. She doesn't know them.
(c) She can't stand them because they never paint their shutters.
(d) They are good friends and look out for each other.

3. What is the problem with the faces of George Washington?
(a) One is missing its nose and the other is eroded.
(b) They don't quite match.
(c) They have inappropriate expressions.
(d) They have been destroyed by weather.

4. Literally, what does the word 'porcine' mean?
(a) Uncertain.
(b) Fat.
(c) Like a porcupine.
(d) Like a pig.

5. What does writing, when inspired, give to Virginia?
(a) Profound satisfaction.
(b) A sense of timelessness.
(c) Money.
(d) A kind of madness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is this chapter set?

2. What can Virginia feel inside herself?

3. What does the word 'emanate' mean?

4. What troubles Laura about Richie?

5. Where is Walter Hardy heading?

(see the answer key)

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