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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say Dirk has a delicate feeling for?
(a) People.
(b) Women.
(c) Art.
(d) Writing.

2. What does the author say the Stricklands owed?
(a) Money.
(b) Books.
(c) Dinners.
(d) Jokes.

3. How does the author describe Charles Strickland's laugh in Chapter 6?
(a) Sniggering.
(b) Raucous.
(c) Polite.
(d) Rude.

4. What did Strickland's fellow students at his painting classes think of his work?
(a) Horrid.
(b) A joke.
(c) Sensual.
(d) Genius.

5. Where did the author travel to during the war?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Tahiti.
(c) Peru.
(d) Indonesia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of London does Mrs. Strickland own a flat?

2. What railway station does the author live near?

3. What does K.C talk about?

4. What does the author say Strickland is not good at?

5. What word does the author use to describe Rose Waterford's intelligence?

(see the answer key)

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