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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the characters wish to do with the moment they share in the restaurant in Section 4?
(a) Forget it.
(b) Tarnish it.
(c) Meditate on it.
(d) Cherish it.

2. What are the boys doing when the monologues in Section 2 return to their perspective?
(a) Walking to lunch.
(b) Playing at recess.
(c) Going to chapel.
(d) Heading to classes.

3. Who asserts, "One moment does not lead to another" in Section 4?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Susan.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Rhoda.

4. What are the children doing as the novel begins?
(a) Waking up.
(b) Saying grace before dinner.
(c) Going to bed.
(d) Playing in the garden.

5. In Section 5, who does Rhoda refer to as "a snob"?
(a) Neville.
(b) Percival.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Louis.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Wolfe describe the birds' song at the beginning of the first section?

2. What significant fact does the reader learn about Bernard's life early in Section 4?

3. What is the first thing the reader learns in Section 5?

4. Why is one of the characters not permitted to go on the walk in Section 1?

5. Which of the female characters does Neville express respect for?

(see the answer key)

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