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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the boys' headmaster?
(a) Dr. Crane.
(b) Dr. Bloom.
(c) Dr. Ramsay.
(d) Percival.

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

3. Which character closes Section 2?
(a) Percival.
(b) Louis.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Neville.

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

5. What are the boys doing when the monologues in Section 2 return to their perspective?
(a) Going to chapel.
(b) Heading to classes.
(c) Walking to lunch.
(d) Playing at recess.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Rhoda in Section 1 that someone has arrived to pick her up?

2. What is the first thing the reader learns in Section 5?

3. What does the italicized prose at the beginning of the first section describe?

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

5. Who professes, without reservation, "Life will divide us"?

(see the answer key)

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