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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arrives to pick up Rhoda at the end of Section 1?
(a) Biddy.
(b) Her Aunt.
(c) Miss Hudson.
(d) Percival.

2. How does Bernard characterize his last day at school?
(a) One final ceremony.
(b) An occasion for laughter.
(c) As ambiguous in significance.
(d) An occasion for tears.

3. Who tells Rhoda in Section 1 that someone has arrived to pick her up?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Louis.
(c) Mrs. Constable.
(d) Percival.

4. What does Bernard describe during his first line of monologue?
(a) Fruity smells.
(b) A globe.
(c) A spider's web.
(d) An elephant.

5. Which character opens Section 2's monologues?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Louis.
(c) Susan.
(d) Bernard.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who witnessed the kiss in the garden through a chink in the hedge in Section 1?

3. Which subject do the children appear to have a strong grasp of?

4. Which of the characters muses on a book that he wishes to keep when he is older?

5. Who shifts in his seat in Section 2 so that he might catch a glimpse of Percival?

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