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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who begins Section 3?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Susan.
(c) Louis.
(d) Rhoda.

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

4. Who is picking flowers alone in the novel's first section?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Louis.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Susan.

5. What is significant about what day it is at the end of Section 2?
(a) It is the boys' first day of their second year at school.
(b) It is the boys' last day at school.
(c) It is the last day of summer.
(d) It is the last day of the boys' first term at school.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 5, who asks, "but what is the thing that lies beneath the semblance of the thing?"

2. In Section 5, who does Rhoda refer to as "a snob"?

3. For how long does Bernard stay where he travels in Section 7?

4. In Section 8, who oddly compares herself to a dog?

5. How old is Rhoda in Section 3?

(see the answer key)

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