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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Laura seem to have learned through her time in the kitchen with Richie?
(a) That she needs to be close to Richie.
(b) The foolishness of too much introspection.
(c) That she doesn't want a second child.
(d) The knack of living happily.

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

3. What is interesting about Richard's lungs?
(a) They are unusually powerful.
(b) They are the only organs to have been touched by the virus.
(c) The virus has not harmed them.
(d) Their capacity is small.

4. What is Virginia doing as she muses?
(a) Working at Hogarth Press.
(b) Walking in the streets of Richmond.
(c) Having a bath.
(d) Sitting at her desk during a writing session.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Virginia imagine appearing as a jellyfish?

2. What is it that Clarissa suddenly doesn't have any more?

3. Where is Leonard when Virginia goes to talk to him?

4. Why does Laura tell Richie he is a smart boy?

5. What has appeared in the window-box of the woman next door?

(see the answer key)

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