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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is all that Neville possesses?
(a) One bag.
(b) A large trunk.
(c) A bible.
(d) A book of phrases.

2. Who repeats variations of the phrase, "I will gather my flowers and present them--Oh! to whom?"
(a) Susan.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Bernard.

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

4. Who decides to "put off my hopeless desire to be Susan, to be Jinny"?
(a) Mrs. Constable.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Jinny.
(d) Biddy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the boys doing when the monologues in Section 2 return to their perspective?

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

3. How does Bernard characterize his last day at school?

4. Who takes the children for a "brisk walk"?

5. Which of the children struggles with mathematics?

(see the answer key)

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