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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would Clarissa like her ashes to be scattered?
(a) Wherever Richard's are scattered.
(b) On the big dune at Wellfleet.
(c) Over the lake in Central Park.
(d) In her own garden.

2. What annoys Leonard?
(a) Barbara's voice.
(b) Ralph's poetry.
(c) The errors he finds on the proof pages.
(d) Virginia's not finishing her writing.

3. What does Virginia fear?
(a) Pain.
(b) Jellyfish.
(c) Anger.
(d) Relapse.

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

5. As she drives, in what does Laura find consolation?
(a) The impeccable way she has organized things.
(b) That her earrings match her bracelet.
(c) That the car is clean.
(d) That she has remembered to bring her book.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is this chapter set?

3. What prompts Laura's fury?

4. What is disturbing Laura?

5. What is perverse about Richard's good fortune?

(see the answer key)

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