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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Leonard worship above all else?
(a) Accomplishment.
(b) Companionship.
(c) Accompaniment.
(d) Commitment.

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

4. What does Laura think of the shadow of the passing bird?
(a) She thinks of how it represents freedom.
(b) She is briefly, deeply pleased by it.
(c) She is indifferent to it.
(d) She is briefly alarmed by it.

5. What does 'the new world--the rescued world' refer to?
(a) The world after World War I.
(b) The world that is to be saved by the return of Jesus.
(c) The world as it could be without global warming.
(d) The world after World War II.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Richie nervous about?

2. What can Leonard not easily distinguish?

3. What does Laura seem to have learned through her time in the kitchen with Richie?

4. What pet-name does Laura have for Richie?

5. To what is Laura's love for Richie compared?

(see the answer key)

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