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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, Chapters 39-41.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Marina suspect might be Van's reason for leaving?
(a) He is eloping with Blanche.
(b) He has left a girlfriend in London.
(c) His father is ill.
(d) He is angry at something she said.

3. What does Ana raise?
(a) Mice.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Insects.
(d) Birds.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what language does Van write letters to his mother?

2. What does Blanche tell Van?

3. In what Manhattan landmark building did Dan propose to Marina in 1871?

4. What figures are prominent in Ada's early memories of learning about male anatomy and sex?

5. What game did Van win in a match against Pat Rishin at Chose in 1887?

(see the answer key)

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