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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: the Third Meeting, Adrian Ford, and the Truth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after the narrator's marriage to Margaret did they have their first child?
(a) One year later.
(b) Two years later.
(c) Three years later.
(d) Four years later.

2. In describing his first visit to Veronica's parents' home in Chapter 1, the narrator says, "I was so ill at ease that I spent the entire weekend" what (56)?
(a) "Pacing."
(b) "Constipated."
(c) "Thowing up."
(d) "Chain-smoking."

3. What word from Chapter 2 means having a tendency to become liquid?
(a) Luminous.
(b) Effervescent.
(c) Deliquescent.
(d) Arbitrary.

4. The narrator says in Chapter 2 that "all the time [he] was going out with Veronica, [he] found her many things--alluring, mysterious, disapproving--but never" what (260)?
(a) "Beautiful."
(b) "Kind."
(c) "Boring."
(d) "Sexy."

5. What is Susan's husband's profession?
(a) He is a doctor.
(b) He is a banker.
(c) He is a baker.
(d) He is a teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two locations are linked by the Wobbly Bridge?

2. Where did Veronica's mother move after her husband died?

3. For how long did Veronica's mother say they had lived in their current home when the narrator asked during his visit in Chapter 1?

4. When the narrator meets Margaret for lunch to discuss the letter, he says of her, "Margaret doesn't do" what (192)?

5. What is the name of Veronica's brother?

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