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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the characters muses on a book that he wishes to keep when he is older?
(a) Rhoda.
(b) Susan.
(c) Neville.
(d) Bernard.

3. What is the name of the cook at school?
(a) Biddy.
(b) Miss Curry.
(c) Miss Lambert.
(d) Miss Hudson.

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

5. What is Susan doing when she begins her major monologue in Section 3?
(a) Walking in the early morning.
(b) Going to sleep.
(c) Meeting Jinny and Rhoda.
(d) Walking through London.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How would you characterize Neville's attitude as he waits for the others to arrive in Section 4?

3. Which of the female characters seems most content with her place in life when the reader encounters her in Section 3?

4. Which character closes Section 2?

5. Which of the girls is first to speak in Section 2?

(see the answer key)

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