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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is one of the characters not permitted to go on the walk in Section 1?
(a) The character has to finish grammar exercises.
(b) The character has to go to the playing fields.
(c) The character is considered too sickly.
(d) The character has to picked up by an aunt.

3. Who refers to all the happenings as "scuffling and hubbub"?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Neville.
(d) Louis.

4. How does Rhoda react to the party in Section 3?
(a) She is bored and disinterested.
(b) She is scared and nervous.
(c) She is nauseous and delirious.
(d) She is excited and confident.

5. To what does the narrator compare the sound of the waves at the end of Section 3's beginning?
(a) Mongol hordes.
(b) Roman soldiers.
(c) British infantry.
(d) Turbaned warriors.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the dominant image in the beginning of Section 2?

5. Who does Bernard refer to as "the authentics" in Section 4?

(see the answer key)

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