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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Van returns from washing his hands, where does he find Ada?
(a) On a balcony, peeling an apple.
(b) In her bedroom, fast asleep.
(c) In the music room, playing the piano.
(d) In Lucette's room, reading her a book.

2. When Van meets Ada in the forest fork, what is she wearing?
(a) A yellow tennis outfit.
(b) Shorts and a blue shirt.
(c) A robe and slippers.
(d) A long white formal dress.

3. Who does Van think is the most obvious choice that might have given him the note?
(a) Bout.
(b) Lucette.
(c) The governess.
(d) Blanche.

4. Why does the governess decide to stay in bed for five days?
(a) She has bruised her ribs.
(b) She has sprained her wrist.
(c) She has broken her ankle.
(d) She has strained her back.

5. What question of Van's does Ada not answer in Chapter 12?
(a) What the difference is between town and country.
(b) What the third Real Thing is.
(c) What she feels about him.
(d) What she dreams about at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What contact with Ada excites Van?

2. Does Ada promise to be faithful while Van is gone?

3. What activity does Marina do out on the lawn?

4. Who walks in on Ada and Van making love?

5. At sixteen, who does Ada say she's older than?

(see the answer key)

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