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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is primarily focused on appearances early in Section 2?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Susan.
(c) Rhoda.
(d) Louis.

3. Who is the first of the female speakers in Section 3?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Rhoda.
(c) Susan.
(d) Miss Lambert.

4. Who is this Section 4's opening speaker?
(a) Jinny.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Percival.
(d) Louis.

5. Which character opens Section 2's monologues?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Louis.
(c) Susan.
(d) Jinny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Susan doing when she begins her major monologue in Section 3?

2. Who is fond of the "orderly progress" exhibited by the schoolboys?

3. What is Bernard doing at the beginning of Section 3?

4. What image is Susan reminded of at the end of her monologue in Section 3?

5. Who witnessed the kiss in the garden through a chink in the hedge in Section 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the fears, or the lack of fears, that the characters articulate in Section 3.

2. Describe the attitude of the characters towards each other prior to Percival's arrival in Section 4.

3. Why is it relevant that Bernard is the first speaker in Section 4?

4. What is significant about displaying the children in school in the novel's first section?

5. How are Jinny and Rhoda characterized in Section 3?

6. Describe the differences in Jinny and Rhoda's experience's while at school in Section 2.

7. Why is Bernard's announcement of his engagement in Section 4 significant?

8. Which of the boys seems to have the strongest attachment to Percival? Please provide some evidence in your answer.

9. Describe the way Section 3's introduction, the italicized vignette, fits in with the rest of Section 3 as a whole.

10. Characterize Bernard's attitude towards Louis as described in Section 3.

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