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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the narrator of the story?
(a) Steven Connolly.
(b) Barbara Covett.
(c) Sheba Hart.
(d) Sue Hodges.

2. How does Sheba claim to feel about Richard while the affair is going on?
(a) She hates him for driving her to the affair.
(b) She still loves him.
(c) She feels sorry for him.
(d) She is angry that she is married to him.

3. Why does Barbara believe she is the most qualified to tell Sheba's story?
(a) Barbara has been friends with Richard for over twenty years and knows the details of their marriage intimately.
(b) She believes she has been Sheba's closest confidant and has witnessed the affair first-hand.
(c) She knows Steven personally and has watched him grow up.
(d) She is actually Barbara's half-sister.

4. Why does Sheba cry when teaching her class?
(a) A female student spits in her face.
(b) Steven calls her ugly.
(c) A student points out her sheer skirt.
(d) The electricity goes out.

5. Why are Sheba and Steven's encounters in Sheba's pottery studio so risky?
(a) Other students might find them.
(b) They could get locked in the school.
(c) Steven was supposed to be home already.
(d) The school cleaners could catch them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Steven's father do for a living?

2. What happens between the two female students that Sheba is supervising in Chapter 2?

3. What aspect of their relationship, according to Barbara, especially fascinated the press?

4. What excuse does Barbara give for not finishing Pabblem's report?

5. What does Barbara think about the impact of the affair on Steven?

(see the answer key)

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