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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the girls is first to speak in Section 2?
(a) Susan.
(b) Miss Lambert.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Jinny.

2. Which subject do the children appear to have a strong grasp of?
(a) Science.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) History.
(d) English Grammar.

3. What does Bernard acknowledge about his and the other boys' first night at school?
(a) That it is the first time apart from their parents.
(b) That it is the first time sleeping in a new place.
(c) That it is the first time far from home.
(d) That it is the first time apart from their sisters.

4. Which of the female characters seems most content with her place in life when the reader encounters her in Section 3?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Miss Lambert.
(c) Susan.
(d) Rhoda.

5. Who is the first character to speak?
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Jinny.
(c) Louis.
(d) Bernard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bernard refer to as a "drunken sailor?"

2. What does Neville declare himself to be in Section 3?

3. What does the italicized prose at the beginning of the first section describe?

4. Who arrives to pick up Rhoda at the end of Section 1?

5. Which of the children struggles with mathematics?

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