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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, Chapters 14-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What figures are prominent in Ada's early memories of learning about male anatomy and sex?
(a) A visiting parson and a caterpillar.
(b) A dock worker and a carriage driver.
(c) A statue and a dog.
(d) A visiting painter and a horse.

2. Where is Van and Ada's first sexual encounter?
(a) In a pond.
(b) In an apple tree.
(c) In Van's room.
(d) In a cave.

3. When writing her husband from sanatoriums, Aqua sometimes used a Russian term meaning what?
(a) Bursting memories.
(b) Heart rending sounds.
(c) Rays of hope.
(d) Sickening sadness.

4. What gymnastic trick does Van help Lucette do?
(a) Walk on her hands.
(b) Balance-walk on a tree branch.
(c) Do a somersault.
(d) Do a cartwheel.

5. What is the "lolita" that Ada wears?
(a) A hat.
(b) A skirt.
(c) A shawl.
(d) A shirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are Ada's eyes?

2. Over the thirteen years preceding Aqua's death, how much does Van calculate that he's spent with her?

3. Who made up the games that Ana describes in Chapter 8?

4. What article does Uncle Dan try to read?

5. What Russian writer is quoted in the beginning of the novel?

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