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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a good house speak of?
(a) The social standing of the owners.
(b) Comfort and safety.
(c) The skill of the architect and builders.
(d) Good taste.

2. How does Virginia describe Ralph?
(a) As handsome and callow.
(b) As handsome but amoral.
(c) As daring.
(d) As a handsome ditherer.

3. When does Virginia say a person feels free to do anything?
(a) In old age.
(b) When one lives in permissive times.
(c) When one has reached maturity.
(d) In the brief time when one is young.

4. What does the word 'ubiquitous' tell us about the Jack Russell terriers.
(a) That they are really small dogs.
(b) That they are big dogs that many people own.
(c) That they have become very common. Lots of people seem to have them.
(d) That they are noisy little pests and many people object to them.

5. What sudden change in Virginia has occurred?
(a) She is no longer beautiful.
(b) Her hands look arthritic.
(c) Her hair is quickly going white.
(d) She seems too happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her suicide note, what impression does Virginia give of her marriage?

2. Who careens past on a bicycle?

3. In what season of the year does this part of the story take place?

4. What is the overall impression of the building Richard lives in?

5. What does 'the new world--the rescued world' refer to?

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