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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is enamored with the light caused by Miss Lambert's ring?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Biddy.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Susan.

3. To which poet does Bernard compare himself to the point of attempting imitation in Section 3?
(a) Lord Byron.
(b) John Keats.
(c) Robert Burns.
(d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

4. What is the dominant image in the beginning of Section 2?
(a) The sun at mid-point in the sky.
(b) A silent forest.
(c) The sun setting.
(d) Waves on the beach as the sun rises.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kissed Louis in the garden?

2. What is significant about what day it is at the end of Section 2?

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

4. What physical feature does Rhoda struggle to identify on others?

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

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